27438 - INTELSAT 905 (IS-905)

Intelsat 905 is a geostationary communications spacecraft of the International ITSO consortium that was launched by an Ariane 44L rocket from Kourou at 06:44 UT. It will provide voice, video, and internet services to all countries adjoining the Atlantic Ocean through its 72 C-band and 22 Ku-band transponders after parking over 24.5 degrees W longitude. (It replaces the aging INTELSAT 603, which had been retrieved from a useless orbit by a space shuttle crew in 1992 and ejected back.)

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2002-06-05
Launch Vehicle: Ariane 44L
Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana