Doug Lung / 09.07.2012 02:45PM
Intelsat Selects Boeing’s 702MP for EpicNG Satellite Service
The first of its recently announced next-generation high-performance system
Boeing
has announced that Intelsat has selected its 702MP satellite for
Intelsat 29e, the first of Intelsat’s recently announced EpicNG next-generation
high-performance system.
Intelsat 29e is scheduled to
be launched in 2015 and will offer high-performance communications coverage
spanning North and South America, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean and the
North Atlantic aeronautical route between North America and Europe. The Intelsat
EpicNG system is designed to address wireless and fixed telecommunications,
enterprise, mobility, video and government applications that require broadband
infrastructure. It will use multiple frequency bands, wide beams and spot beams
with a high degree of flexibility and connectivity.
The announcement quoted Thierry Guillemin, Intelsat senior vice president and chief technical officer, citing the system for its higher throughput, strong
economics and degree of control. He said its architecture
combines multi-band frequency reuse with the benefits of backward and forward
compatibility.
This will
be Intelsat’s fourth satellite order with Boeing. The first order was for Intelsat
22, which is nearing six months of flawless operation. The second, Intelsat 21,
recently was launched on a Sea Launch rocket and its now fully deployed and
undergoing in-orbit testing. The third bird, Intelsat 27, is set for launch in
the first quarter of 2013.