Intelsat Americas, was the re-designation given to the several
Telstar
Telstar refers to a series of communications satellites. The first two, Telstar 1 and Telstar 2, were experimental and nearly identical. Telstar 1 launched atop of a Thor-Delta rocket on July 10, 1962, successfully relayed the first televisi ...
satellites serving
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South Ameri ...
following their sale to
Intelsat
Intelsat S.A. (formerly Intel-Sat, Intelsat) is a Luxembourgish-American multinational satellite services provider with corporate headquarters in Luxembourg and administrative headquarters in Tysons, Virginia, United States. Originally formed ...
by
Loral Space & Communications
Loral Space & Communications Inc. is a Delaware-domiciled satellite communications company headed by Michael B. Targoff. The company was formed in 1996 from the remnants of Loral Corporation when Loral divested its defense electronics and system ...
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 →
Galaxy 25
* Telstar 6 → Intelsat Americas 6 →
Galaxy 26
* Telstar 7 → Intelsat Americas 7 →
Galaxy 27
* Telstar 8 → Intelsat Americas 8 →
Galaxy 28
Galaxy 28 (*geb. IA8) is a communications satellite owned by Intelsat located at 89° West longitude, serving the North America and South America market.
It was built by SSL (company), Space Systems/Loral, as part of its SSL 1300 line = (plus m ...
* Telstar 13 → Intelsat Americas 13 →
Galaxy 23
* Intelsat Americas 9, while under construction → was finished and launched as
Galaxy 19
Galaxy 19 is a communications satellite owned by Intelsat located at 97° West longitude, serving the North American market. Galaxy 19 replaced Galaxy 25 which is nearing the end of its design life and has been moved to 93.1°W longitude
...
See also
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Loral Space & Communications
Loral Space & Communications Inc. is a Delaware-domiciled satellite communications company headed by Michael B. Targoff. The company was formed in 1996 from the remnants of Loral Corporation when Loral divested its defense electronics and system ...
*
Telstar
Telstar refers to a series of communications satellites. The first two, Telstar 1 and Telstar 2, were experimental and nearly identical. Telstar 1 launched atop of a Thor-Delta rocket on July 10, 1962, successfully relayed the first televisi ...
References
External links
Official website
Intelsat
Direct broadcast satellite services
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