Galaxy 17
Galaxy 17 is a communications satellite owned by Intelsat to be located at 91° W.L., serving the North American market. Galaxy 17 was intended to replace SBS 6. It was built by Alcatel Alenia Space (which is now Thales Alenia Space), in its Cannes Mandelieu Space Center, France.[1]
Galaxy 17 was launched by Arianespace from Kourou, French Guiana on an Ariane-5 rocket along with Astra 1L. It became operational at 74° W.L. in the geostationary orbit and replaced SBS-6 which was moved out of the geostationary orbit to a parking orbit in the Graveyard orbit. This took place on July 7, 2007. Galaxy 17 began its move to 91° W.L. when Horizons-2 was launched and placed in the 74° W.L. slot. Horizons-2 was originally slated to replace SBS-6 but the launch was delayed, possibly due to the delayed repairs of the Sea Launch vessel.
Galaxy 17 is the first primarily European satellite to cover the U.S.. Built by a French/Italian manufacturer, it was launched on a French rocket from a French spaceport. Galaxy 17 is scheduled to become operational again in mid July when it takes over current traffic of Galaxy 11.
| Amp type | SSPA, 20 watts |
|---|---|
| Amp Redundancy | 16 for 12 |
| Receiver redundancy | 4 for 2 |
| Beacon | 3700.5 MHz (H) |
| Beacon | 4199.5 MHz (V) |
References
External links
- Galaxy 17 footprint(s) at SatBeams
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