Zenit Orbits Intelsat 15

Intelsat 15, a high-power Ku-band spacecraft built by Orbital Sciences Corp., is well into several weeks of in-orbit checkout after launch Nov. 30 on a Land Launch Zenit-3SLB from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Based on Orbital’s Star spacecraft bus, the 2,484-kg. (5,477-lb.) satellite will...

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