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RE: Intelsat 17 satellite

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Arianespace orbits INTELSAT 17 and HYLAS 1

On Friday, November 26, Arianespace orbited two communications satellites: INTELSAT 17 for the international satellite operator Intelsat, and HYLAS 1 for the European operator Avanti Communications.
54th Ariane 5 launch, 40th success in a row
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Intelsat 17 Launch Successful; Strengthens Intelsat's Media Neighbourhood at 66º East

Intelsat S.A., the world's leading provider of fixed satellite services, announced that Arianespace successfully launched the Intelsat 17 satellite (IS-17) on 26 November. The Ariane 5 vehicle lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 1:39 p.m. EST, followed by spacecraft separation and signal acquisition at approximately 2:06 p.m. EST.
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Space Systems/Loral has announced that the Intelsat 17 communications satellite that it designed and built for Intelsat arrived safely at the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, where it is scheduled to launch in November aboard an Ariane 5 launch vehicle.
Intelsat 17 will be positioned at 66°E, effectively next to Intelsat's successful Asian video distribution neighbourhood located at 68.5°E, on the Intelsat 10 satellite, which has been serving customers since 2001. Intelsat 17's C- and Ku-band capacity, and multi-continental coverage, will offer programmers distribution in a region that extends across Asia and into Europe and Africa. It will replace Intelsat 702, which was also built by Space Systems/Loral and was launched in June 1994.

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Sea Launch will launch the Intelsat 17 communications satellite in late 2010, as the first of five missions on the Sea Launch system in a previously announced multiple launch services contract with Intelsat, Ltd., the worlds leading provider of fixed satellite services.

Built by Space Systems/Loral, the 1300-series Intelsat 17 (IS-17) communications satellite will replace Intelsat 704, currently positioned at 66 degrees East Longitude, as part of the companys on-going fleet investment program. Designed for 15 years of service, IS-17 will carry 28 C-band and 46 Ku-band 36 MHz transponder units to serve Intelsat customers in Europe, Northern Africa and India, as well the Middle East.
Sea Launch and Intelsat signed the multiple launch services contract in November 2008, for five missions on the Sea Launch system, scheduled for execution beginning in late 2010 through 2012.

Source Sea Launch