Intelsat 16

Intelsat 16 is a communications satellite owned by Intelsat planned to be located at 58°W.L. It was built by Orbital Sciences Corporation, on a Star-2.4 bus. Intelsat 16 was formerly known as PAS-11R. It was launched on February 12, 2010 by ILS Proton-M launch vehicle.^[2]

Intelsat 16

Mission type	Communications
Operator	Intelsat
COSPAR ID	2010-006A
SATCAT no.	36397
Mission duration	15 years
Spacecraft properties
Bus	Star-2.4
Manufacturer	Orbital Sciences
Launch mass	2,056 kilograms (4,533 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	12 February 2010, 00:39:40 (2010-02-12UTC00:39:40Z) UTC
Rocket	Proton-M/Briz-M
Launch site	Baikonur 200/39
Contractor	International Launch Services
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Geostationary
Longitude	58° west
Perigee altitude	35,781 kilometres (22,233 mi)
Apogee altitude	35,803 kilometres (22,247 mi)
Inclination	0.01 degrees
Period	23.93 hours
Epoch	24 December 2013, 12:13:29 UTC[1]
Transponders
Band	24 Ku-band
Bandwidth	36 MHz
Coverage area	Mexico Brazil
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The Intelsat 16 (IS-16) satellite was manufactured for Intelsat to provide Direct-To-Home (DTH) transponder capacity for DirecTV subsidiaries. The satellite included 24 Ku band transponders for use over Brazil for Sky Brasil at 43.1 degrees West Longitude or for capacity coverage over Mexico and Gulf of Mexico regions at 58 degrees West Longitude.^[3]