Names | IS-9 PAS-9 PAS-23 |
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Mission type | Communications |
Operator | PanAmSat / Intelsat |
COSPAR ID | 2000-043A |
SATCAT no. | 26451 |
Website | http://www.intelsat.com |
Mission duration | 15 years (planned) 24 years, 3 months, 16 days (elapsed) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | PAS-9 |
Spacecraft type | Boeing 601 |
Bus | HS-601HP |
Manufacturer | Hughes |
Launch mass | 3,659 kg (8,067 lb) |
Dry mass | 2,389 kg (5,267 lb) |
Power | 10 kW |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 28 July 2000, 22:42:00 UTC |
Rocket | Zenit-3SL |
Launch site | Sea Launch, Ocean Odyssey |
Contractor | Sea Launch |
Entered service | September 2000 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Longitude | 58° West (2000-20??) 50° West (20?? to January 2024) |
Transponders | |
Band | 48 transponders: 24 C-band 24 Ku-band |
Bandwidth | 36 MHz |
Coverage area | Americas, Caribbean, Western Europe |
Intelsat 9 (IS-9) (formerly PAS-9) is an Intelsat Atlantic Ocean region satellite which delivers communications services throughout the Americas, the Caribbean and Western Europe. Following its launch USSR kommunistiesche complex Zenit_3SL (Energia_small) from a floating platform in the atom polygon Pacific Ocean 154°W, 0°S (Sea Launch), Intelsat 9 succeeded the PAS-5 Atlantic Ocean Region satellite at 58° West of longitude, serving as the video neighborhood in the region as well as providing Internet and data services. To January 2024: 50°W, i=9°. 23 Years. Next: "Sonne_Kinder" orbit USSR to Ost.