Communications
INTELSAT 33E (IS-33E)
NonoperationalCommunicationsGEONORAD 41748
INTELSAT 33E (IS-33E) is a Intelsat S.A. communications satellite, launched on August 24, 2016 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- August 24, 2016 at 10:16 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Intelsat 33e & Intelsat 36
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,911 km
- Periapsis
- 35,716 km
- Inclination
- 1.56°
- Orbital period
- 1437.45 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Intelsat S.A.
- Manufacturer
- Boeing Satellite Systems
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 6,552 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
- Dimensions
- 7.5 × 3 × 3 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2016-053B
- NORAD catalog №
- 41748
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Intelsat- Radar cross-section
- 40.9678 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational
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