Intelsat 33e

Success
AUG 24201622:16:01 UTC

Intelsat 33e suffered a propulsion system failure shortly after launch: the primary thruster malfunctioned in September 2016, and a second anomaly in August 2017 further reduced its service life by approximately 3.5 years.

The satellite broke apart in geostationary orbit in October 2024, generating over 700 debris fragments and becoming a total loss.

launched fromELA-3Kourou

aboardAriane 5 ECAVA232intoGSO

Payloads · 2

  • 01

    Intelsat 33e

    Communications

  • 02

    Intelsat 36

    Communications