Communications
INTELSAT 9 (IS-9)
NonoperationalCommunicationsGEO
INTELSAT 9 (IS-9) is a PanAmSat (Intelsat S.A.) communications satellite, launched on July 28, 2000 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 28, 2000 at 10:42 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Sea Launch (Odyssey, Pacific)
- Launched by
- Zenit 3SL →
- Operator
- Sea Launch
- Mission
- PAS 9
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,033 km
- Periapsis
- 36,028 km
- Inclination
- 10.36°
- Orbital period
- 1448.6 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- PanAmSat (Intelsat S.A.)
- Manufacturer
- Hughes Space and Communications Co.
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 3,650 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,389 kg
- Power
- 9,900 W
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2000-043A
- NORAD catalog №
- 26451
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 36.1908 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational