Intelsat 21 is a communications satellite manufactured by Boeing Space Systems (BSS) for the Intelsat Corporation, based on the BSS-702MP satellite bus.[1] It was launched on 19 August 2012 at 06:54:59 UTC by a Zenit-3SL launch vehicle from a mobile platform in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.[2][3] and replaces the Intelsat 9 satellite at 58° West Longitude.
References
- Boeing 702MP Fleet - Intelsat Boeing^
- Gabriel Miramar-Garcia. Intelsat launches satellite for Latin America TV capacity Rapid TV News, retrieved 28 January 2013^
- Satellite Database satlaunch.org, retrieved 2020-03-23^