Geostationary
INTELSAT 15 (IS-15)
Middle East / Asia-Pacific Communications · Intelsat
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An Intelsat Ku-band satellite covering the Middle East, South Asia, and the Asia-Pacific. IS-15's position provides coverage from Eastern Europe to Southeast Asia — a footprint that includes some of the fastest-growing satellite markets in the world. The satellite serves both commercial broadcasting and government communications across a region where terrestrial infrastructure varies enormously from dense urban fiber to complete connectivity absence.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,235–22,248 mi (35,785–35,805 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 36106
- Int’l designator
- 2009-067A
- Launched
- 2009
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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- INTELSAT 16 (IS-16)South American / Atlantic Communications
- INTELSAT 17 (IS-17)Indian Ocean / South Asian Communications
- INTELSAT 18 (IS-18)Pacific / Pacific Islands Communications
- INTELSAT 19 (IS-19)Asia-Pacific Commercial Communications
- INTELSAT 20 (IS-20)African / Indian Ocean Communications
- INTELSAT 21 (IS-21)South American Commercial Communications