Galaxy 10R

Galaxy 10R
Spacecraft properties

Mission type	Communication
Operator	PanAmSat Intelsat
COSPAR ID	2000-002A
SATCAT no.	26056
Mission duration	Planned: 15 years Achieved: 8 years


Bus	HS-601HP
Manufacturer	Hughes
Launch mass	3,475 kilograms (7,661 lb)


Start of mission
Launch date	25 January 2000 (2000-01-25)
Rocket	Ariane 42L-3
Launch site	Kourou ELA-2
Contractor	Arianespace


End of mission
Disposal	Decommissioned
Deactivated	June 2008 (2008-07)


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Geostationary
Longitude	123° West

Galaxy 10R was an American communications satellite which was operated by PanAmSat, and later Intelsat. It was constructed by Hughes and is based on the HS-601HP satellite bus. Launch occurred on 25 January 2000, at 01:04. The launch was contracted by Arianespace, and used an Ariane 4 42L-3 carrier rocket flying from ELA-2 at the Guiana Space Centre.

Galaxy 10R was built to replace the Galaxy 10 satellite, which had been lost in a launch failure on the maiden flight of the Delta III in 1998. It was launched just fourteen months after the contract to build the satellite had been signed, due to Hughes' advance production of components to allow quick production of replacement satellites.

Following its launch and on-orbit testing, it was placed in geostationary orbit at 123° West, from where it provided communications services to North America. It was expected to remain in service for fifteen years, however following a malfunction of its Xenon Ion Propulsion System in August 2004, this was reduced. It was retired to a graveyard orbit in June 2008.

References

Krebs, Gunter. "Galaxy 4R, 10R". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-05-01.
"Galaxy 10R". Lyngsat. Archived from the original on 2009-05-02. Retrieved 2009-05-01.
McDowell, Jonathan (2000-01-28). "Issue 419". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 2009-05-01.
"Galaxy 10R". The Satellite Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2009-05-01.

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v t e ← 1999 Orbital launches in 2000 2001 →
January	USA-148 Galaxy 10R Feng Huo 1 JAWSAT, FalconSAT-1, ASUSat-1, OCSE, OPAL (STENSAT, MEMS 1A, MEMS 1B, MASAT, Thelma, Louise)
February	Progress M1-1 Kosmos 2369 Hispasat 1C Globalstar 60, Globalstar 62, Globlastar 63, Globalstar 64 Gruzovoy Maket, IRDT-1 ASTRO-E STS-99 Garuda 1 Superbird-B2
March	Ekspress A2 MTI ICO F1 Dumsat INSAT-3B, AsiaStar IMAGE
April	Soyuz TM-30 SESAT 1 Galaxy 4R Progress M1-2
May	GOES 11 Kosmos 2370 USA-149 USA-150 SimSat 1, SimSat 2 STS-101 Eutelsat W4
June	Gorizont No.45L TSX-5 Ekspress A3 Fengyun 2B, Nadezhda 6, Tsinghua 1, SNAP-1 TDRS-8 Sirius FM-1
July	Kosmos 2371 Zvezda EchoStar VI CHAMP, MITA, Rubin-1 USA-151 Samba, Salsa Sindri (MEMS 2A, MEMS 2B) PAS-9
August	Progress M1-3 Rumba, Tango Brazilsat B4, Nilesat 102 USA-152 DM-F3 Globus No.16L
September	Zi Yuan 2 Sirius FM-2 Eutelsat W1 STS-106 Astra 2B GE-7 NOAA-16 Kosmos 2372 Megsat 1, Unisat 1, Saudisat 1A, Saudisat 1B, TiungSAT-1 Kosmos 2373
October	GE-1A N-SAT-110 HETE-2 STS-92 (ITS Z1, PMA-3) Kosmos 2374, Kosmos 2375, Kosmos 2376 Progress M-43 USA-153 Thuraya 1 GE-6 Europe*Star 1 Beidou 1A Soyuz TM-31
November	USA-154 PAS-1R, AMSAT-P3D, STRV 1C, STRV 1D Progress M1-4 QuickBird-1 EO-1, SAC-C, Munin Anik F1 Sirius FM-3
December	STS-97 (ITS P6) EROS A USA-155 Astra 2D, GE-8, LDREX Beidou 1B Gonets-D1 No.7, Gonets-D1 No.8, Gonets-D1 No.9, Strela-3 No.125, Strela-3 No.126, Strela-3 No.127
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