Galaxy 25

Telstar 5 was the designation for an American communications satellite which was launched by Loral Skynet. Since 15 February 2007, he operated under the name of Intelsat Galaxy 25, Intelsat Americas 5 as previously (IA -5).

It was built to supply the United States, the southern Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean with communication services ( digital satellite TV ). It is equipped with 24 C-band and 28 Ku-band transponders, which produce a total of 3200 watts of RF output power.

The three -axis stabilized, box-shaped satellite was manufactured by Space Systems / Loral (SS / L) built on the basis of the satellite bus LS -1300. The solar cells of approximately 31 m Span delivered at the beginning of a total of about 10 kW. The planned life was twelve years. He was replaced by Galaxy 19 in late 2008.

The satellite Telstar 6 ( Intelsat Americas 6 (IA 6), Galaxy 26) is virtually identical in design to Telstar 5 and was launched on 15 February 1999 by a Proton -K carrier rocket with a Block DM3 upper stage from Baikonur into space.