Intelsat Americas, was the re-designation given to the several Telstar satellites serving

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following their sale to

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in 2003. On February 1, 2007, they were renamed under the "Galaxy" brand. The Telstar satellites that do not directly serve the United States retained their original Telstar designation. The following name conversions were applied to the Telstar satellites serving the United States: * Telstar 5 → Intelsat Americas 5 →

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* Telstar 6 → Intelsat Americas 6 → Galaxy 26 * Telstar 7 → Intelsat Americas 7 → Galaxy 27 * Telstar 8 → Intelsat Americas 8 → Galaxy 28 * Telstar 13 → Intelsat Americas 13 → Galaxy 23 * Intelsat Americas 9, while under construction → was finished and launched as Galaxy 19

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Official website
Intelsat Direct broadcast satellite services {{Spacecraft-stub

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