Equivalent of 269 Ku- and C-band transponders.
DirecTV Latin America has leased all of the satellite?s Ku-band communications capacity to broadcast hundreds of high-definition television channels to customers across Central and South America and the Caribbean. Intelsat retains the use of a smaller C-band payload on the spacecraft.
Launched in time to cover Rio Olympics. Will serve primarily Latin America.
"Carries a laser terminal that is the first of at least two planned for the European Data Relay System (EDRS-A), a public-private partnership with a budget of about 500 million euros ($545 million)."
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