Galaxy 25

Galaxy 25

Galaxy 25 (G-25) launched in 1997, formerly known as Intelsat Americas 5 (IA-5) until February 15, 2007 when it was renamed as result of the merger between owner Intelsat and PanAmSat or Telstar 5) is a medium-powered communications satellite in a geostationary orbit at 97.0 degrees west, above a point in the Pacific Ocean several hundred miles west of the Galapagos Islands. It was manufactured by Space Systems/Loral, part of its FS-1300 line, and is currently owned and operated by Intelsat. The satellite's main C-band transponder cluster covers the United States, southern Canada, and Mexico; its main Ku-Band transponder cluster covers the U.S., Mexico, and the northern Caribbean Sea. An additional C-band and a Ku-Band transponder pair targets the Hawaiian Islands.

Galaxy 25 has a projected life of 12 years, is scheduled to be replaced in the third quarter of 2008 by Galaxy 19 (formerly IA-9). [http://www.intelsat.com/network/satellite/scheduled-launch.asp Intelsat launch information] Galaxy 25 transmits both free-to-air (FTA) direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting and encrypted subscription channels / services.

The replacement satellite, Galaxy 19 was successfully launched on September 24, 2008. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080924/ap_on_re_us/rocket_launches Two Rockets Launched]

Technical details

Platform operators

The Ku-Band side of the satellite currently carries the platforms of Pittsburgh International Telecommunications, Inc (PIT), GlobeCast World TV, RRSat, and ABS-CBN, with free-to-air and encrypted television and radio programming in a variety of languages:

References

Available programming languages

* Albanian
* Arabic
* Armenian
* Bengali
* Bosnian
* Cambodian
* Chinese
* Croatian
* Dutch
* English
* Ethipoian
* Filipino
* French
* Hebrew
* Hindi
* Hungarian
* Italian
* Korean
* Kurdish
* Lao
* Lithuanian
* Macedonian
* Malayalam
* Pashto
* Persian
* Dari Persian
* Polish
* Punjabi
* Romanian
* Russian
* Serbian
* Spanish
* Tagalog
* Taiwanese
* Thai
* Tigrigna
* Turkish
* Ukrainian
* Vietnamese
* and others

See also

*FTA Receiver

External links

* [http://www.rrsat.com/ RRsat website]
* [http://www.intelsat.com/ Intelsat website]
* [http://www.pitcomm.com/ Pittsburgh International Telecommunications Information]
* [http://www.lyngsat.com/galaxy25.html Channels carried on Galaxy 25 (Lyngsat)]
* [http://www.globecastwtv.com/ Globecast WorldTV Information]


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