First of Intelsat's EpicNG High Throughput Constellation Set for Launch in January

Intelsat's Intelsat 29e, the first of its EpicNG high throughput satellites, is scheduled to launch Jan. 27, it said in a news release Tuesday. The launch will be from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, aboard an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket, it said. Intelsat 29e will be located at 310 degrees east, will replace Intelsat 1R and Intelsat 805, and provide broadband services to fixed and mobile network operators, aero and maritime mobility service providers, and to government customers, Intelsat said. The second EpicNG satellite, Intelsat 33e, is expected to go up in Q3, it said.