Liftoff is set for Friday, April 7, at 12:29 a.m. EDT (0429 GMT).
which will provide high-throughput connectivity to the company's government and enterprise customers across North and Central America.
Intelsat 40e will settle at 91 degrees West in a geostationary orbit , about 22,000 miles above Earth's equator. From there the satellite will perform its main communications role, but also allow TEMPO to take hourly snapshots of air pollution over North America.effectively appear in a fixed position over the Earth, whereas those in low Earth orbits complete around 16 orbits every 24 hours, and may only pass over a certain area once every day.
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