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[Satellite TODAY 04-16-13] International Launch Services (ILS) has successfully delivered Telesat’s Anik G1 satellite into orbit on an ILS Proton launch vehicle. Telesat is a fixed satellite services (FSS) operator providing reliable and secure satellite-delivered communications solutions worldwide to broadcast, telecom, corporate and government customers.
The ILS Proton lifted off from Pad 39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 12:36 a.m. today local time (April 15: 6:36 p.m. GMT and 2:36 p.m. EDT). Using the standard 5-burn Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) mission design, the Breeze M successfully released the satellite into orbit after a 9 hour and 13 minute mission. Weighing 4.9 metric tons at liftoff, Anik G1 was the 26th SSL satellite launched on an ILS Proton.
The satellite will be positioned at 107.3 degrees west longitude co-located with Telesat’s Anik F1 satellite, doubling both the C-band and Ku-band transponders serving South America from this orbital location.
The Anik G1 was manufactured by Space Systems/Loral (SSL) and built on the 1300 platform. It has 24 C-band, 28 Ku-band and 3 X-band transponders that form a 55 transponder, multi-mission satellite. Once in service, Anik G1 will provide direct-to-home (DTH) television service in Canada, as well as broadband, voice, data, and video services in South America where economic growth has driven high demand for satellite capacity. It will also provide substantial X-band coverage for government communications over the Americas and the Pacific Ocean including Hawaii.
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