Intelsat 29e
| Names | IS-29e |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Communications |
| Operator | Intelsat |
| COSPAR ID | 2016-004A |
| SATCAT no. | 41308 |
| Website | Intelsat IS-29e |
| Mission duration | 15 years (planned) 3 years (achieved) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Intelsat 29e |
| Spacecraft type | Boeing 702 |
| Bus | Boeing 702MP |
| Manufacturer | Boeing Satellite Development Center |
| Launch mass | 6,552 kg (14,445 lb) |
| Dimensions | 7.5 m × 3 m × 2 m (24.6 ft × 9.8 ft × 6.6 ft) |
| Power | 15.8 kW |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 27 January 2016, 23:20 UTC |
| Rocket | Ariane 5 ECA (VA-228) |
| Launch site | Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELA-3 |
| Contractor | Arianespace |
| End of mission | |
| Last contact | 8 April 2019 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Geosynchronous orbit |
| Longitude | 50° West |
| Transponders | |
| Band | 77 transponders: 20 C-band 56 Ku-band 1 Ka-band |
| Bandwidth | C-band: 864 MHz Ku-band: 9,395 MHz Ka-band: 450 MHz |
| Coverage area | United States, Latin America, North America |
Intelsat 29e, also known as IS-29e was a high throughput (HTS) geostationary communications satellite designed and manufactured by Boeing Satellite Development Center on the BSS 702MP satellite bus. It is the first satellite of the Intelsat EpicNG service, and covers North America and Latin America from the 50° West longitude, where it replaced Intelsat 1R. It also replaced Intelsat 805 which was moved from 56.5° West to 169° East. It has a mixed C-band, Ku-band and Ka-band payload with all bands featuring wide and the Ku- also featuring spot beams.It suffered a fuel leak in 2019 and declared a total loss.