First Multi Spot Beam, Ku-Band High Throughput Satellite to Serve
Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific
LUXEMBOURG & PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 22, 2016--
Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I), operator of the world’s first Globalized
Network, powered by its leading satellite backbone, announced today that
Intelsat 33e, the second of the Intelsat EpicNG series of
high throughput satellites (“HTS”), arrived at the Guiana Space Center
in Kourou, French Guiana, where it will undergo final preparations
before its scheduled launch on an Ariane 5 rocket on the 24th
of August, 2016.
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Intelsat 33e, the second Intelsat EpicNG satellite (Photo: Business Wire)
Manufactured by Boeing and equipped with the most advanced digital
payload on a commercial spacecraft, Intelsat 33e will extend Intelsat’s
high throughput capacity in both C- and Ku-band from the Americas to
include Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, the Mediterranean
and Indian Ocean regions.
Intelsat EpicNG features an exceptionally flexible HTS
payload design that is backward compatible with already deployed user
networks globally. The higher performance, better economics and
simplified access of the Intelsat EpicNG design are built to
address an expected $3.2 billion incremental revenue opportunity related
to new demand for satellite-based infrastructure in the enterprise,
wireless infrastructure, aeronautical and maritime mobility, government
and Internet of Things sectors by the year 2021.
The amount of global data traffic is expected to surge at a compound
annual growth rate of 53 percent from 2015 through year-end 2020. With
increasing broadband requirements and a growing number of smartphone
users, the flexible and open architecture of Intelsat 29e, Intelsat 33e
and future Intelsat EpicNG satellites will enable fixed and
mobile network operators to cost-effectively extend their networks and
meet the surges in broadband demand across the continents.
Select customers have already committed to take advantage of Intelsat
33e, some of which include Pakistani Internet service provider SuperNet
Limited, African telecommunications providers such as Telkom South
Africa, Orange, IP Planet, Vodacom, Dijoubti Telecom, Safarifone and
Africell RDC SPRL.; Russian network service providers Romantis and RuSat
LLC; and media customers including TV & Radio Broadcasting (formerly
Television and Radio Broadcasting of Armenia), and MultiChoice of South
Africa.
Intelsat 33e will also deliver enterprise-grade, broadband services to
aeronautical and maritime mobility service providers and users. The
satellite combines wide and high performing spot beams facilitating
combined live television and broadband applications within the same
network. As previously announced, prestigious maritime mobility
customers such as EMC, Harris CapRock and Marlink, and aero mobility
customers such as Gogo and Panasonic Avionics have committed to the
Intelsat EpicNG fleet for mobility and fixed and mobile
enterprise applications.
Intelsat 33e is currently scheduled for launch on 24 August 2016 during
a window that is currently scheduled to open at 5:55 pm EDT and closes
at 6:40 pm EDT. Following a successful launch, Intelsat 33e will be
placed at the 60°E orbital location, where it will undergo in-orbit
testing prior to its expected in-service date at the end of 2016.
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About Intelsat
Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I) operates the world’s first Globalized Network,
delivering high-quality, cost-effective video and broadband services
anywhere in the world. Intelsat’s Globalized Network combines the
world’s largest satellite backbone with terrestrial infrastructure,
managed services and an open, interoperable architecture to enable
customers to drive revenue and reach through a new generation of network
services. Thousands of organizations serving billions of people
worldwide rely on Intelsat to provide ubiquitous broadband connectivity,
multi-format video broadcasting, secure satellite communications and
seamless mobility services. The end result is an entirely new world, one
that allows us to envision the impossible, connect without boundaries
and transform the ways in which we live. For more information, visit www.intelsat.com.
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Intelsat
Michele Loguidice
Director, Investor Relations and
Corporate Communications
+1 703-559-7372
michele.loguidice@intelsat.com
