{"id":63805,"date":"2018-10-18T21:25:14","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T13:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/intelsat-ceo-on-horizons3e-the-most-advanced-satellite-theyve-built\/"},"modified":"2018-10-18T21:25:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T13:25:14","slug":"intelsat-ceo-on-horizons3e-the-most-advanced-satellite-theyve-built","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/intelsat-ceo-on-horizons3e-the-most-advanced-satellite-theyve-built\/","title":{"rendered":"Intelsat CEO on Horizons3e: The Most Advanced Satellite They\u2019ve Built"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

The two newest satellites to join Intelsat<\/strong>\u2019s fleet\u2013Intelsat 38\/Azerspace-2 and Horizons3e\u2013each serves a distinct purpose, and plays a unique role in the international operator\u2019s continued innovation.  After launching on Arianespace<\/strong>\u2019s historic 100th Ariane 5 mission in September, Intelsat 38 will bolster Direct-to-Home (DTH) services in Africa, while Horizons3e \u2013 the fourth in Intelsat\u2019sEpic series \u2013 will provide service to parts of Asia and Europe.<\/p>\n

Prior to the viewing of this historical launch, Via Satellite <\/em>sat down with Intelsat Chief Operating Officer (CEO) Stephen Spengler to discuss the new technological capabilities of the just-launched satellites, as well as what is on the horizon for the company \u2013 with pun intended.<\/p>\n

When asked about the new technology being employed on the two satellites, Spengler described Intelsat 38 as more of a \u201cconventionally designed satellite,\u201d providing additional capacity for several DTH customers. Aside from the beams allocated for DTH, \u201cthe other beams we have on the satellite are Ku-band beams, one of which is a steerable beam that we can steer around the African continent, which we believe will be a high demand area for our government customers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In contrast, Spengler described Horizons3e as \u201cthe most technologically advanced satellite we have ever had constructed for us.\u201c Built by Boeing<\/strong>, Horizons 3e is the last of the Intelsat Epic series, completing their global coverage of Ku-band. \u201cWe\u2019ve designed this with High Throughput Satellite (HTS) spotbeams across the Pacific Ocean and along the Pacific Rim, specifically for mobility applications, cellular network operators, as well as for government applications. This flexibility on the satellite in terms of power and switching capabilities is really unique and highly advanced.\u201d<\/p>\n

But as the last satellite of the Epic series, how does Horizons3e differ from the first satellite? \u201cFrom an architectural standpoint, the difference is the open architecture,\u201d Spengler said. \u201cThis means that it\u2019s open to all sorts of ground technology from different manufactures. It also means that as ground technology develops over time, and it becomes more efficient in the conversion from hertz to bits, the satellite will become more capable for its users.\u201d<\/p>\n

Horizons3e is the fourth project with SKY Perfect JSAT<\/strong>. As for the working relationship, Spengler describes the company\u2019s missions as complementary. \u201cOften we have a joint mission, where we market the services in parallel,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is a good example of how this industry can share investments and infrastructure. It allows companies to share the large, capital expenditure cost and differentiate with their customers. It\u2019s similar to what we\u2019re doing with Azercosomos<\/strong> on Intelsat 38. Different business model, but similar concept of leveraging complementary needs and requirements to find a cost effective way to bring capabilities to customers.\u201d<\/p>\n

As CEO, Spengler not only focuses on industry collaboration, but on simplifying access. \u201cWe\u2019ve worked to not only develop our fleet to leverage the latest in high-throughput capabilities, but to develop our ground network. We\u2019ve started to engage more heavily with the developers and manufacturers of ground networks, modems, and antennas. All of this is intended is to optimize the overall solution in space, and on the ground, to simplify access,\u201d he said. \u201cIf we keep moving in this direction, we\u2019ll have more flat panel antennas and simpler modems, to greatly simplify installation enabling applications like connected vehicles, Internet of Things (IOT), and extending networks into remote and rural areas,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The two newest satellites to join Intelsat\u2019s fleet\u2013Intelsat 38\/Azerspace-2 and Horizons3e\u2013each serves a distinct purpose, and plays a unique role in the international operator\u2019s continued innovation.  After launching on Arianespace\u2019s historic 100th Ariane 5 mission in September, Intelsat 38 will bolster Direct-to-Home (DTH) services in Africa, while Horizons3e \u2013 the fourth in Intelsat\u2019sEpic series \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63805"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}