Major contractors | Hughes Sea Launch (LSP) |
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Bus | HS-601 HP |
Launch date | July 28, 2000 |
Carrier rocket | Zenit-3SL |
Launch site | Ocean Odyssey |
Mission duration | 15 years (planned) |
Mass | 3659 kg (launch) 2389 kg (BOL) |
Power | 9900 W |
Orbital elements | |
Regime | Geosynchronous |
Longitude | 58° W () |
Transponders | |
Transponders | 24 C band 24 Ku band |
Bandwidth | C band 24×36 MHz Ku band 24×36 MHz |
Intelsat 9 (IS-9) (formerly PAS-9) is a Intelsat Atlantic Ocean region satellite which delivers communications services throughout the Americas, the Caribbean and Western Europe. Following its launch from a floating platform in the Pacific Ocean (Sea Launch), Intelsat 9 succeeded the PAS-5 Atlantic Ocean Region satellite at 58 degrees west longitude, serving as the video neighborhood in the region as well as providing Internet and data services.
Intelsat 9 also serves as the transmission platform for SKY México's direct-to-home (DTH) service. The service employs a dozen Ku-band transponders on Intelsat 9 for the digital delivery of more than 160 channels directly to consumers' homes.
On 11 September 2001, the Al Jazeera network used the PAS 9 to broadcast the tragedies occurring in New York into Qatar.
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