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INTELSAT SATELLITE NOTES
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    Note: For Intelsat
    5A series, satellites have 26C/6Ku
    transponders configurable to 42C/12Ku
    at 36 MHz units which is how the current website lists it.
    For Intelsat 6 series, satellites have 38C/10Ku
    transponders configurable to 64C/24Ku
    at 36 MHz units which is how the current website lists it.
    For Intelsat 7 series, the 'A' satellites have 26C/14Ku
    transponders configurable to 42C/28Ku
    at 36 MHz units which is how the current website lists it.
    The 'regular' Intelsat 7 series have 26C/10Ku
    configurable to 42C/20Ku
    at 36 MHz units. For Intelsat 8 series, the 'A' sats have
    one spot beam and 28C/3Ku transponders configurable to 36C/6Ku
    at 36 MHz units which is how the current website lists it.
    The 'regular' Intelsat 8 series has two spot beams and 38C/6Ku
    configurable to 64C/12Ku
    at 36 MHz units. The prior Intelsat website explained the
    transponder configs and the difference between the series very
    well but the new website omits the technical details. If you
    traced all the links I have on all the Intelsats on my pages
    you would eventually glean this info, a piece here and a piece
    there; so for that reason is this note to make your understanding
    more rapid. This also is true for the New Skies satellites and
    Columbia 515 as they were purchased from Intelsat. This a classic
    case of a major corporation 'fucking up' a good, informative
    website with a slick, glossy website so reminiscent of most of
    the current French space company websites; but then again, it
    is their company . . .