Galaxy 28

Galaxy 28 is a communications satellite owned by Intelsat located at 89° W longitude, serving the North American market. It was built by Space Systems/Loral, as part of its FS-1300 line. Galaxy 28 was formerly known as Intelsat Americas 8 and Telstar 8. This satellite provides services in the C band, K_u band, and K_a band.[1]

Galaxy 28
Spacecraft properties

Mission type	Communications
Operator	Intelsat
COSPAR ID	2005-022A
SATCAT no.	28702
Mission duration	15 years


Bus	SSL-1300
Manufacturer	Space Systems/Loral
Launch mass	5,493 kilograms (12,110 lb)


Start of mission
Launch date	June 23, 2005, 15:03 (2005-06-23UTC15:03Z) UTC
Rocket	Zenit 3SL
Launch site	Sea Launch


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Geostationary
Slot	89° W
Semi-major axis	42,164.0 kilometers (26,199.5 mi)
Perigee altitude	35,791.9 kilometres (22,240.1 mi)
Apogee altitude	35,793.5 kilometres (22,241.0 mi)
Inclination	0°
Period	1,436.1 minutes
Epoch	May 29, 2018


Transponders
Band	38 C band 36 K_u band 24 K_a band

Current clients for Galaxy 28 include HughesNet, Hearst Corporation, Mobile Universe, ABC, and CBS.[2]

References

Gunter's Space Page - information on Galaxy 28
Lyngsat.com list of channels carried on Galaxy 28

External links

Galaxy 28 Ku-band NACC Beam footprint(s) at SatBeams
Galaxy 28 Ku-band SAM Beam footprint(s) at SatBeams
Galaxy 28 C-band NACC Beam footprint(s) at SatBeams
Galaxy 28 C-band SAM Beam footprint(s) at SatBeams

Intelsat Corporation
COMSAT Intelsat Americas PanAmSat ITSO STS-49 List of Intelsat satellites
Intelsat I, II, III	Intelsat I Intelsat II F-1 II F-2 II F-3 II F-4 Intelsat III F-1 III F-2 III F-3 III F-4 III F-5 III F-6 III F-7 III F-8
Intelsat IV	Intelsat IV F-1 IV F-2 IV F-3 IV F-4 IV F-5 IV F-6 IV F-7 IV F-8 IVA F-1 IVA F-2 IVA F-3 IVA F-4 IVA F-5 IVA F-6
Intelsat V	Intelsat V F-1 V F-2 V F-3 V F-4 V F-5 V F-6 V F-7 V F-8 V F-9† VA F-10 VA F-11 VA F-12 VA F-13 VA F-14 VA F-15
Intelsat VI	Intelsat 601 602 603 604 605
Intelsat 7-10	Intelsat 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 801 802 803 804 805 806 901 902 903 904 905 906 907 10-02
ex-PanAmSat	Intelsat 1R 2 3R 4 5 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12
Recent Intelsat	Intelsat 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (New Dawn) 29e 30 31 32e 33e 34 35e 36 37e 38 39
Galaxy (Intelsat Americas)	Galaxy 3C 4R 5 9 10R 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 23 25 26 27 28
Other	APR-1 APR-2 Horizons-1 Horizons-2 Horizons-3e Intelsat K Marisat-F2 SBS 6

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