Galaxy 9

Galaxy 9 (G-9) was a geostationary communication satellite built by Hughes. It was located at an orbital position of 81 degrees west longitude and was initially operated by PanAmSat and later by Intelsat. The satellite was based on the HS-376 platform and its life expectancy was 15 years. The satellite was successfully launched into space on May 23, 1996, at 01:09:59 UTC, by means of a Delta II vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, United States. It had a launch mass of 3080 pounds (1397 kg).

Galaxy 9
Spacecraft properties

Mission type	Communications
Operator	PanAmSat / Intelsat
COSPAR ID	1996-033A
SATCAT no.	23877
Mission duration	15 years


Bus	HS-376
Manufacturer	Hughes
Launch mass	1,397 kilograms (3,080 lb)
Dry mass	700 kilograms (1,500 lb)


Start of mission
Launch date	May 24, 1996, 01:09:59 (1996-05-24UTC01:09:59Z) UTC
Rocket	Delta II 7925
Launch site	Cape Canaveral LC-17B


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Geostationary
Slot	81° W
Semi-major axis	42,369.0 kilometers (26,326.9 mi)
Perigee altitude	35,973.9 kilometres (22,353.1 mi)
Apogee altitude	36,023.3 kilometres (22,383.8 mi)
Inclination	6.8°
Period	1.446.6 minutes
Epoch	19 April 2017

The Galaxy 9 was equipped with 24 (plus 6 spare) C-band transponders to provide services to South America.[1]

External links

Galaxy 9 SatBeams

References

Galaxy 1, 1R, 1R2, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9. Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 19 April 2017.

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Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( | ). Crewed flights are indicated in bold text. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in brackets.

Intelsat Corporation
COMSAT Intelsat Americas PanAmSat ITSO STS-49 List of Intelsat satellites
Intelsat I, II, III	Intelsat I Intelsat II F-1 II F-2 II F-3 II F-4 Intelsat III F-1 III F-2 III F-3 III F-4 III F-5 III F-6 III F-7 III F-8
Intelsat IV	Intelsat IV F-1 IV F-2 IV F-3 IV F-4 IV F-5 IV F-6 IV F-7 IV F-8 IVA F-1 IVA F-2 IVA F-3 IVA F-4 IVA F-5 IVA F-6
Intelsat V	Intelsat V F-1 V F-2 V F-3 V F-4 V F-5 V F-6 V F-7 V F-8 V F-9† VA F-10 VA F-11 VA F-12 VA F-13 VA F-14 VA F-15
Intelsat VI	Intelsat 601 602 603 604 605
Intelsat 7-10	Intelsat 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 801 802 803 804 805 806 901 902 903 904 905 906 907 10-02
ex-PanAmSat	Intelsat 1R 2 3R 4 5 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12
Recent Intelsat	Intelsat 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (New Dawn) 29e 30 31 32e 33e 34 35e 36 37e 38 39
Galaxy (Intelsat Americas)	Galaxy 3C 4R 5 9 10R 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 23 25 26 27 28
Other	APR-1 APR-2 Horizons-1 Horizons-2 Horizons-3e Intelsat K Marisat-F2 SBS 6

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