"Be Launch" it is for the time being the only company in the world that realizes throwings from a floating platform installed in the equatorial area of the sea Pacific Ocean. In this area the speed of the Earth is major and it generates a major impulse to the pitcher, therefore he needs less combustible to reach the wished orbit.

The consortium "Is Launch" it was created in 1995 and they integrate it the North American Boeing, the Briton - Norwegian Kvaerner Group, the office of design "Yuzhmash" (Ukraine) and the Corporation of Spatial Rocketry "Energy" (Russia).

The satellite Galaxy 19 weighs 4,69 tons and it will offer telecommunications services in the orbital position of 97th West for the inhabitants of 50 North American states, countries of the Caribbean Sea, Mexico and Canada.

It is provided with 24 transpondedores of band Ku and 24 repeaters of band C. His misió once placed in the correct orbital position is that of 25 replaces the old man Galaxy, also property of Intelsat.


(SatCesc, 25/09/08)