Galaxy 19

Galaxy 19
Spacecraft properties

Operator	Intelsat
COSPAR ID	2008-045A
SATCAT no.	33376
Mission duration	15 years


Bus	LS-1300
Manufacturer	Space Systems/Loral


Start of mission
Launch date	September 24, 2008, 09:27:59 (2008-09-24UTC09:27:59Z) UTC^[1]^[2]
Rocket	Zenit-3SL
Launch site	Odyssey
Contractor	Sea Launch


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Geostationary
Longitude	97° west
Perigee	35,782 kilometers (22,234 mi)^[3]
Apogee	35,804 kilometers (22,248 mi)^[3]
Inclination	0.01 degrees^[3]
Period	1436.12 minutes^[3]
Epoch	January 24, 2015, 09:14:02 UTC^[3]


Transponders
Band	24 C band
Frequency	Horizontal: 3700.5 MHz Vertical: 4199.5 MHz
Bandwidth	36 megahertz
Coverage area	United States Canada Mexico Caribbean

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. It was built by Space Systems/Loral, as part of its FS-1300 line. Galaxy 19 was formerly known as Intelsat Americas 9 and was successfully launched September 24, 2008.^[2] It provides services in the C band and K_u band.

The clients for Galaxy 19 include the previous clients for Galaxy 25. Expanded services include higher-powered C-band and K_u band transponders as well as new, high-power K_a band service.

Galaxy 19 was launched using Sea Launch.^[4]

References

↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
1 2 "Two Rockets Launched". Yahoo! News. September 24, 2008.
1 2 3 4 5 "GALAXY 19 Satellite details 2008-045A NORAD 33376". N2YO. January 24, 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
↑ "Galaxy 19 launch date information". IntelSat. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008.

External links

Intelsat, Ltd.

Main articles

Spacecraft

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 (a.k.a. "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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