Ariane 5 successfully lofted Boeing’s Intelsat 29e satellite

Communications satellite services provider Intelsat’s next generation satellite Intelsat 29e, which is having most advanced digital payload, was successfully launched from French Guiana aboard an Ariane 5 vehicle. The mission, designated VA228, successfully inserted the Intelsat 29e satellite into a geostationary transfer orbit (GTO).

• Intelsat 29e replaces Intelsat 1R and will be placed into service at 310° east.
• Intelsat 29e is the 56th Intelsat satellite launched by Arianespace.
• It is the first satellite of Intelsat’s next generation, all digital EpicNG satellite platforms, which combines wide beams and spot beams with frequency reuse technology and the sector’s most advanced digital payload.