- Intelsat Americas
Intelsat Americas, was the redesignation given to the several
Telstar satellites servingNorth America following their sale toIntelsat byLoral Space & Communications in 2003. OnFebruary 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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