Geostationary
INTELSAT 16 (IS-16)
South American / Atlantic Communications · Intelsat
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An Intelsat Ku-band satellite at 58°W serving the Americas. IS-16's position at 58°W optimally covers the South Atlantic and northeastern South America — particularly Brazil's coastal cities and the offshore oil platforms of the Brazilian pre-salt oil fields, where satellite is the primary communications link for offshore workers and automated platform monitoring systems.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,040–22,050 mi (35,470–35,487 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.7 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 36397
- Int’l designator
- 2010-006A
- Launched
- 2010
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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