Intelsat Americas

Intelsat Americas, was the redesignation given to the several Telstar satellites serving North America following their sale to Intelsat by Loral Space & Communications in 2003. On February 1, 2007, they were renamed under the "Galaxy" brand.

This conversion was applied to the Telstar satellites serving the United States: [http://www.intelsat.com/_files/network/satellites/intelsat-satellite-name-conversion-table.pdf]

* Telstar 5 → Intelsat Americas 5 → Galaxy 25
* Telstar 6 → Intelsat Americas 6 → Galaxy 26
* Telstar 7 → Intelsat Americas 7 → Galaxy 27
* Telstar 8 → Intelsat Americas 8 → Galaxy 28
* Telstar 13 → Intelsat Americas 13 → Galaxy 23
* Intelsat Americas 9 → Galaxy 19

The Telstar satellites that do not directly serve the United States retained their original Telstar designation.

Intelsat Americas 9 is a new satellite not yet launched.

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