Intelsat 34 Scheduled for Aug. 18 Launch

The Intelsat 34 satellite is expected to launch Aug. 18, the satellite company said in a series of requests for special temporary authority filed Friday with the FCC International Bureau. Intelsat 34 will provide broadband and communications services to western hemisphere customers. The company hopes to use its Fillmore, California; Hagerstown, Maryland; and Riverside, California, earth stations to provide launch and early orbit phase services to the satellite for roughly 10 days. Intelsat expects to send up its next satellite, Intelsat 31, in the first quarter of 2016.