Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
Galaxy-27 (G-27, Intelsat IA-7, Telstar 7) |
Country of Operator/Owner |
USA |
Operator/Owner |
Intelsat, Ltd. |
Users |
Commercial |
Purpose |
Communications |
Class of Orbit |
GEO |
Type of Orbit |
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Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
-128.93 |
Perigee (km) |
35776 |
Apogee (km) |
35794 |
Eccentricity |
0.000213497805716997 |
Inclination (degrees) |
0 |
Period (minutes) |
1436.06 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
3790 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
1537 |
Power (watts) |
|
Date of Launch |
25-09-1999 |
Expected Lifetime |
13 yrs. |
Contractor |
Space Systems/Loral |
Country of Contractor |
USA |
Launch Site |
Guiana Space Center |
Launch Vehicle |
Ariane 44LP |
COSPAR Number |
1999-052A |
NORAD Number |
25922 |
Comments |
24 C-band, 24 Ku-band; voice and video to North and Central America; a 2004 anomaly resulted in loss of half its capacity. |