Arianespace
to
launch
Intelsat-17
15
May
2010
Arianespace
has
signed
a
contract
with
Intelsat,
the
leading
provider
of
fixed
satellite
services,
to
launch
Intelsat
17.
The
launch
"Service
&
Solutions"
contract
calls
for
the
heavy-lift
Ariane
5
ECA
to
place
Intelsat
17
into
geostationary
transfer
orbit
at
the
end
of
2010
from
the
European
Space
Port
in
French
Guiana.
With
a
mass
of
nearly
5800
kg
at
liftoff,
Intelsat
17
will
provide
higher-performing
capacity
across
Europe,
the
Middle
East,
Russia
and
Asia
from
its
orbital
slot
of
66
degrees
East.
This
satellite
will
also
expand
Intelsat's
C-band
video
distribution
community
in
the
Indian
Ocean
region.
Intelsat
17
will
replace
the
Intelsat
702
satellite.
"We
are
proud
to
be
able
to
offer
Intelsat
the
unrivalled
performance
and
reliability
of
the
Ariane
5
ECA
for
its
Intelsat
17
mission.
We
relish
this
opportunity
to
cultivate
even
further
the
longstanding
relationship
between
Arianespace
and
Intelsat,"
said
Arianespace
Chairman
&
CEO
Jean-Yves
Le
Gall.
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