Intelsat 40e

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| name = Intelsat 40e

| names_list = IS-40e

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| mission_type = Communications

| operator = Intelsat

| COSPAR_ID = 2023-052A{{cite web|url=https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/data/derived/launchlog.html|title=Launch Log|work=Jonathan's Space Page|last=McDowell|first=Jonathan|author-link=Jonathan McDowell|access-date=April 7, 2023}}

| SATCAT = 56174

| website = {{url|https://www.intelsat.com/launches/intelsat-40e/|Intelsat 40e}}

| mission_duration = 15 years (planned)
Elapsed: {{time interval|April 7, 2023, 04:30|show=ymd}}

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| spacecraft_bus = SSL 1300

| manufacturer = Maxar Technologies

| launch_mass = {{cvt|5,440|kg}}

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| launch_date = April 7, 2023, 04:30 UTC

| launch_rocket = Falcon 9 B1076-4

| launch_site = Cape Canaveral SLC-40

| launch_contractor = SpaceX

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| orbit_reference = Geocentric orbit

| orbit_regime = Geostationary orbit

| orbit_longitude = 91° West

| apsis = gee

| trans_band = 45 transponders:
42 Ku-band,
3 Ka-band{{cite web|url=https://www.satbeams.com/satellites?id=2738|title=Intelsat 40E|author=SatBeams|accessdate=April 7, 2023}}

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| trans_coverage = North America, Central America and Caribbean

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| programme = Intelsat constellation

| previous_mission = Intelsat 39

| next_mission = Intelsat 41

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Intelsat 40e, also known as IS-40e, is a geostationary communications satellite operated by Intelsat and designed and manufactured by Maxar Technologies on the SSL 1300 satellite bus. It covers North America and Central America from 91° West longitude, it will provide focused coverage for commercial aviation, mobility, and internet connection.{{cite web|url=https://www.intelsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/FactSheet-Intelsat40e.pdf|title=Intelsat 40e at 91°W|author=Intelsat|accessdate=April 7, 2023|archive-date=April 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408002143/https://www.intelsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/FactSheet-Intelsat40e.pdf|url-status=dead}} Intelsat 40e also features a NASA and Smithsonian-hosted payload, Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring Pollution (TEMPO).{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spacex-launches-nasa-air-pollution-monitor-satellite/|title=SpaceX launches Intelsat relay station carrying NASA air pollution monitor|author=William Harwood|website=CBS News |date=7 April 2023 |accessdate=April 7, 2023}}

Launch

The satellite was launched on April 7, 2023 at 04:30 UTC (12:30 AM EDT) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States, with a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.{{cite web|url=https://spacenews.com/spacex-launches-intelsats-is-40e-high-throughput-satellite/|title=SpaceX launches Intelsat's IS-40e high throughput satellite|work=SpaceNews|first=Jason|last=Rainbow|date=April 7, 2023|accessdate=April 7, 2023}}

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