ICO G1

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General

Designation	32763 / 08016A
Launch date	14 Apr 2008
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Mission	Telecommunications
Geostationary orbit	92.85°W, inclined
Launch vehicle	Atlas 5 #14

Launch and in-orbit insurance coverage for up to $344 million during the launch phase and up to $278 million during the in-orbit phase. Total cost including launch and insurance close to $500 million.

ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited is deploying a mobile interactive media service, to be known as ICO mim, that will combine ICO's interactive satellite capability with U.S.-wide coverage.

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Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	SS/L
Platform	FS-1300HP
Mass at launch	6634 kg
Dry mass
Dimension	8 m high
Solar array	30 m span
Stabilization
DC power	16 kW
Design lifetime	15 years

Has a 12 m unfurlable reflector. The satellite is the first satellite to utilise ground based beam forming (GBBF) in the forward and return directions to manage 250 independant beams.

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S-band

Main transponders
Backup transponders
Power
Bandwidth
Coverage	North America
EIRP max
G/T max
Polarization

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C-band

Main transponders	7
Backup transponders
Power
Bandwidth
Coverage
EIRP max
G/T max
Polarization

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