Galaxy 19

Galaxy 19
Operator	Intelsat
COSPAR ID	2008-045A
SATCAT no.	33376
Mission duration	15 years
Spacecraft properties
Bus	LS-1300
Manufacturer	Space Systems/Loral
Start of mission
Launch date	September 24, 2008, 09:27:59 UTC
Rocket	Zenit-3SL
Launch site	Odyssey
Contractor	Sea Launch
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Geostationary
Longitude	97° west
Perigee altitude	35,782 kilometers (22,234 mi)
Apogee altitude	35,804 kilometers (22,248 mi)
Inclination	0.01 degrees
Period	1436.12 minutes
Epoch	January 24, 2015, 09:14:02 UTC
Transponders
Band	24 C band
Frequency	Horizontal: 3700.5 MHz; Vertical: 4199.5 MHz
Bandwidth	36 megahertz
Coverage area	United States; Canada; Mexico; Caribbean; Greenland
TWTA power	20 watt SSPA

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. As of August 2017, Galaxy 19 broadcast 172 free-to-air channels for North American televisions, from a diverse list of national and international sources.^[4]

Galaxy 19 was launched using Sea Launch.^[5]

References

^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
^ a b "Two Rockets Launched". Yahoo! News. September 24, 2008.
^ a b c d e "GALAXY 19 Satellite details 2008-045A NORAD 33376". N2YO. January 24, 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
^ "FTAList.com - Galaxy 19 (97.0 W) channels". www.ftalist.com. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
^ "Galaxy 19 launch date information". IntelSat. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008.

External links

Galaxy 19 at www.gn.rs Archived March 8, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
Galaxy 19 at Sathint Archived March 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
Galaxy 19 at Satbeams

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[launchlog-1] McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved January 22, 2014.

[Two_Rockets_Launched-2] "Two Rockets Launched". Yahoo! News. September 24, 2008.

[n2yo-3] "GALAXY 19 Satellite details 2008-045A NORAD 33376". N2YO. January 24, 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2015.

[4] "FTAList.com - Galaxy 19 (97.0 W) channels". www.ftalist.com. Retrieved April 19, 2018.

[5] "Galaxy 19 launch date information". IntelSat. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008.

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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September	Huan Jing 1A, Huan Jing 1B GeoEye-1 Progress M-65 Nimiq-4 Galaxy 19 Kosmos 2442, Kosmos 2243, Kosmos 2444 Shenzhou 7 (Banxing-1) Ratsat
October	THEOS Soyuz TMA-13 IBEX Chandrayaan-1 (MIP) Shijian 6E, Shijian 6F COSMO-3 Venesat-1
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