Intelsat 11 is a

communications satellite A communications satellite is an artificial satellite that relays and amplifies radio telecommunication signals via a transponder; it creates a communication channel between a source transmitter and a receiver at different locations on Earth ...

owned by Intelsat planned to be located at 43.0° West

longitude Longitude (, ) is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east– west position of a point on the surface of the Earth, or another celestial body. It is an angular measurement, usually expressed in degrees and denoted by the Greek lette ...

, serving the

Americas The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World. Along with th ...

market. Intelsat 11 is intended to replace

Intelsat 3R Intelsat 3R (formerly PAS-3R) is a communications satellite owned by Intelsat located at 43° West longitude, serving the Americas market. Satellite description PAS-3R was constructed by Hughes Aircraft Corporation, based on the HS-601 sate ...

which is nearing the end of its design life. It was built by

Orbital Sciences Corporation Orbital Sciences Corporation (commonly referred to as Orbital) was an American company specializing in the design, manufacture, and launch of small- and medium- class space and launch vehicle systems for commercial, military and other governmen ...

, as part of its

STAR-2 The STAR-2 Bus is a fully redundant, flight-proven, spacecraft bus designed for geosynchronous missions. It is a satellite platform, designed and developed by Thomas van der Heyden for the Indonesian Cakrawarta satellite program in the early 19 ...

line. Intelsat 11 was formerly known as PAS-11. It was launched 5 October 2007 by an Ariane 5 GS. The customers for Intelsat 11 are expected to include the current customers for

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* Intelsat satellites Communications satellites in geostationary orbit Satellite television Spacecraft launched in 2007 Satellites using the GEOStar bus {{communications-satellite-stub