INTELSAT 18

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INTELSAT 18 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 37834

Int'l Code: 2011-056A

Perigee: 35,789.4 km

Apogee: 35,800.4 km

Inclination: 0.0 °

Period: 1,436.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 42165 km

RCS: 31.6227 m² (large)

Launch date: October 5, 2011
Source: International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

INTELSAT 18 will replace the Intelsat 701 spacecraft at 180 degrees west in geostationary orbit. C-band - Repeater: 24 active transponders with two groups of 16-for-12 redundant TWTAs, Antenna: 2.5 m x 2.7 m single shell super-elliptical deployable reflector; 1.45 m deck-mounted antenna; Ku-band - Repeater: 12 active transponders with two groups of 8-for-6 TWTAs, Antenna: 2.5 m x 2.7 m single shell deployable reflector. Intelsat 18 has a coverage area centered over the Pacific Ocean to enable direct-broadcast television and other telecommunications services to customers from Southeast Asia to the western United States. French Polynesia's postal and telecommunications department, which has been an Intelsat 701 customer, will be among those transferring to Intelsat 18, Intelsat said.