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Intelsat 33e
Former geostationary communications satellite, which broke up in 2024. Intelsat 33e was launched on August 24, 2016 aboard a Ariane 5ECA from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2016-053BNORAD 41748United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Intelsat IS-33e
- Common name
- Intelsat 33e
- International designator
- 2016-053B
- NORAD catalog number
- 41748
- GCAT identifier
- S41748
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1287
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- IntIS
- Owner
- Intelsat SA (US)
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Boeing Satellite Development Center, El Segundo
- Platform (bus)
- BSS-702MP
Launch
- Date
- August 24, 2016 · 22:16 UTC
- Launch record
- 2016-053Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5ECA
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- MEO
- Perigee
- 32,111 km
- Apogee
- 35,979 km
- Inclination
- 0.09°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Oct 19, 2023
- End of operations
- Oct 19, 2024
Size
- Mass
- 6,552 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,946 kg
- Length
- 7.5 m
- Diameter
- 3.00 m
- Span
- 44.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q26699719 (CC0).