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Intelsat 21 Launch Success Refreshes Capacity for Leading Latin America Video Neighbourhood; Furthers Mobility Coverage Across South Atlantic Ocean

Intelsat S.A., the world's leading provider of satellite services, announced today that a Sea Launch Zenit 3SL launch vehicle successfully launched the Intelsat 21 satellite from a mobile platform in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Liftoff occurred at 2:55 a.m. EDT. Thirty minutes after launch, at 07:25 UT, the Intelsat 21 satellite separated from the rocket's upper stage and continued its ascent toward geosynchronous orbit. Signal acquisition occurred at 07:52 UT.
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A Russian Zenit-3SL rocket carrying a U.S. communications satellite was launched Sunday from a seaborne launch platform in the Pacific Ocean, Russian federal space agency Roscosmos said.
The Intelsat-21 satellite was launched at 10:55 a.m. Moscow time (0655 GMT) from the Odyssey floating platform, Roscosmos said.
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The Boeing Company today announced that Intelsat Ltd., the world's leading provider of fixed satellite services, has selected Boeing to build four telecommunication satellites that will refresh and add new capacity to Intelsat's global satellite fleet. This contract is the first order for Boeing's 702B satellite series. Financial details were not disclosed.
The 702B, an evolution of the Boeing 702 satellite, offers satellite operators a spacecraft that operates in the medium-level power ranges, with six to 12 kilowatts of onboard power and a more flexible, modular design that maintains the spacecraft's advanced technologies.

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