Payload: 
Intelsat 16 communications satellite

Platform:
Star 2.4

Separated spacecraft mass:
Approx. 2,069.0 kg (4,561 lbs)

Launch Vehicle: 
Proton M/Breeze M
691,000 kg (1,523,000 lbs), including payload
56.2 m (184 ft)

Launch Date:
February 12, 2010

Launch Time:
06:39 Baikonur
00:39 GMT
19:39 EST, Feb. 11

Launch Site:
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launch Pad 39

Launch Customer: 
Intelsat, Luxembourg

Satellite Manufacturer: 
Orbital Sciences Corporation, Sterling, Va.

Launch Vehicle Manufacturer:
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, Moscow

Launch Services Provider:
International Launch Services, Reston, Va.

Satellite Use:
The Intelsat 16 satellite (IS-16) will be located at 58 degrees West Longitude. The high-power Ku-band payload will provide expansion capacity for SKY Mexico offering High Definition (HD) services and delivering news, sports and entertainment programming to its direct-to-home viewers. In addition, IS-16 will be available to provide backup capacity for SKY Brazil.

Satellite Statistics: 
__24 Ku-Band transponders
__Orbital location:  58 degrees West longitude
__Anticipated service life: 16 years

Mission Profile:
The Proton M launch vehicle, utilizing a 4-burn Breeze M mission design, will lift off from Pad 39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, with the Intelsat 16 satellite on board. The first three stages of the Proton will use a standard ascent profile to place the orbital unit (Breeze M upper stage and the Intelsat 16 satellite) into a sub-orbital trajectory.  From this point in the mission, the Breeze M will perform planned mission maneuvers to advance the orbital unit first to a circular parking orbit, then to an intermediate orbit, followed by a transfer orbit, and finally to a geostationary orbit.  Separation of the Intelsat 16 satellite is scheduled to occur approximately 9 hours, 34 minutes after liftoff.

Target Orbit at Separation:
Apogee: 37,678 km (23,412 miles)
Perigee:  37,678 km (23,412 miles)
Inclination: 0.0 degrees

Spacecraft Separation:
Approximately 9 hours, 34 minutes after liftoff

ILS Mission Statistics:
__1st ILS/Proton Launch of 2010
__57th ILS/Proton Launch
__2nd Orbital Satellite Launched on Proton
__6th Intelsat Satellite Launched with ILS

More information:
Live webcast at http://www.ilslaunch.com will begin approximately 20 minutes before liftoff.  General mission information and launch status updates are available at the website or on the ILS U.S. domestic Launch Hotline at 1-800-852-4980.

Live Launch Broadcast:
Live Coverage starting at 7:19 PM ET US 11 February 2010
Launch is scheduled for 7:39PM ET US 11 February 2010
Launch Broadcast concludes no later than 8:15 PM ET US (Firm Out)

LAUNCH BROADCAST WILL BE SEEN IN NORTH AMERICA ON THIS FEED:
Satellite: Galaxy 16
Transponder: 14C
Orbital Position: 99 W
Band: C Analog NTSC
Bandwidth: 36 MHz
Uplink Frequency: 6205.0 MHz Horizontal
Downlink Frequency: 3980.0 MHz Vertical

LAUNCH BROADCAST WILL BE SEEN IN EUROPE ON THIS FEED:
Satellite: NSS-7 ENV EUH
Digital Channel: CH-9/2
Orbital Position: 338.0 Degrees East
Band: KU Digital PAL
Bandwidth: 9 MHz
UPLINK Frequency: 14,443.00 MHz Vertical
Downlink Frequency: 11,653.00 MHz Horizontal
Sym Rate: 5.632
FEC: ¾

LAUNCH BROADCAST WILL BE SEEN AT THE LAUNCH SITE ON THIS FEED:
Satellite: Eutelsat W2A
Digital Channel: D10 B
Band: Ku
Orbital Position: 10 Degrees East
Satellite Channel: EUTELSAT SESAT 1 B3 “G”
Bandwidth: 9 MHz
Uplink Frequency: 13969.8330 MHz Vertical
Downlink Frequency: 11669.8330 MHz Horizontal
Sym Rate: 5.632
FEC: ¾