Intelsat 5

Intelsat 5 ( former names: PAS -5, Arabsat 2C, BADR -C ) is a communications satellite in the Intelsat

First position: Mexico

The satellite was given by PanAmSat in March 1995 at Hughes Space and Communications Company in order. These were to the first copy of Satellitenbuses HS- 601HP with particularly strong output power (HP = High Power). Under the name Panamsat 5 or PAS -5 satellite was launched on 28 August 1997 and positioned at 58 ° West0 -58. From there, he provided Mexico with TV programs, but also enabled data connections between America and Europe. During the year 1998, battery problems began, and PAS -5 had to temporarily turn off some transponders. He was eventually replaced by PanAmSat 9, which was launched in July 2000.

Second Position: Arabia

PAS -5 was hired in May 2002 to the Arab Satellite Communications Organization ( Arabsat ), which had to compensate for a defect of the satellite Arabsat 3A. PAS -5 was positioned at 26 ° to this Ost026 and called Arabsat 2C, and later BADR -C.

In the summer of 2006, the U.S. regulator Federal Communications Commission approved the acquisition of PanAmSat by Intelsat competitors This also PAS -5 fell to the new owner, and received on February 1, 2007, the new name Intelsat 5 (short: IS- 5), but still led the designation Arabsat 2C.

Third Position: Oceania

In October 2008 Panamsat obtained permission to relocate Intelsat 5 at 169 ° Ost0169. Ever since the spacecraft about the C -band transponders East Asia and Oceania supplied. The Ku -band transponders are no longer in operation.

Fourth position: Indian Ocean

In the spring of 2013, the satellite was moved to 65.45 ° Ost065.45 over the Indian Ocean.