Intelsat Americas
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Intelsat Americas, was the redesignation given to the several Telstar satellites serving North America following their sale to Intelsat by Loral Space & Communications in 2003. On February 1, 2007, they were renamed under the "Galaxy" brand.
This conversion was applied to the Telstar satellites serving the United States: [1]
- 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
- Telstar 13 → Intelsat Americas 13 → Galaxy 23
- Intelsat Americas 9 → Galaxy 19
The Telstar satellites that do not directly serve the United States retained their original Telstar designation.
Intelsat Americas 9 is a new satellite not yet launched.
