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INTELSAT 39 (IS-39)
Middle East / Africa / Europe Communications · Intelsat
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An Intelsat satellite at 62°E serving the Middle East, Africa, and Europe with C-band and Ku-band capacity. IS-39 covers the Indian Ocean trading corridor — connecting the Middle East's energy exporters with their Asian customers and European partners via the satellite communications that overlay the physical shipping routes. Enterprise data, voice, and media distribution flows through IS-39 for corporate operations spanning three continents.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,239–22,244 mi (35,791–35,799 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 44476
- Int’l designator
- 2019-049B
- Launched
- 2019
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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