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Geostationary communication satellite

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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	Graveyard
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

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).

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

External links

Galaxy 9 SatBeams

References

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

v t e ← 1995 Orbital launches in 1996 1997 →
January	STS-72 (SPARTAN-206) PAS-3R, MEASAT-1 Koreasat 2 Kosmos 2327 Gorizont #43L
February	Palapa C1 N-STAR b Intelsat 708 NEAR Shoemaker Kosmos 2328, Kosmos 2329, Kosmos 2330, Gonets-D1 #1, Gonets-D1 #2, Gonets-D1 #3 Gran' #44L Soyuz TM-23 STS-75 (TSS-1R) Polar
March	REX II Intelsat 707 Kosmos 2331 IRS-P3 STS-76 USA-117
April	Inmarsat-3 F1 Astra 1F MSAT-1 Priroda MSX Kosmos 2332 USA-118 BeppoSAX
May	Progress M-31 USA-119, USA-120, USA-121, USA-122, USA-123, USA-124 Kometa #18 Palapa C2, Amos-1 MSTI-3 STS-77 (SPARTAN-207, IAE, PAMS-STU) Galaxy 9 Gorizont #44L
June	Cluster F1, Cluster F2, Cluster F3, Cluster F4 Intelsat 709 STS-78 Kobal't
July	TOMS-EP USA-125 Apstar 1A Arabsat 2A, Türksat 1C USA-126 USA-127 Progress M-32
August	Télécom 2D, Italsat 2 Molniya 1-79 Midori, Fuji 2 Soyuz TM-24 Chinasat-7 FAST Interbol 2, Maigon 5, Victor
September	Kosmos 2333 Kosmos 2334, UNAMSAT-2 Inmarsat-3 F2 GE-1 EchoStar II USA-128 STS-79 Ekspress-6
October	FSW-17 Molniya 3-62
November	HETE, SAC-B Mars Global Surveyor Arabsat 2B, MEASAT-2 Mars 96 STS-80 (WSF, ORFEUS-SPAS) Progress M-33 Hot Bird 2
December	Mars Pathfinder (Sojourner) Kosmos 2335 Inmarsat-3 F3 Kosmos 2336 USA-129 Bion No.11
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).

v t e 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 40e
Galaxy (Intelsat Americas)	Galaxy 3C 4R 5 9 10R 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 23 25 26 27 28 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37
Other	APR-1 APR-2 Horizons-1 Horizons-2 Horizons-3e Intelsat K Marisat-F2 SBS 6

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