Intelsat 30 Satellite Launched Successfully, to Serve DirecTV Latin America

The Intelsat 30 satellite launched successfully last week. It was launched on an Ariane 5 vehicle, Intelsat said (http://bit.ly/11E79vb). The Ku-band payload is designed to provide distribution services for DirecTV Latin America, and the C-band portion “enhances Intelsat’s existing C-band service infrastructure serving Latin America,” it said Thursday. The satellite will be co-located with Intelsat’s Galaxy 3C satellite at 95 degrees west, it said.