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Intelsat 9 (IS-9) (formerly PAS-9) is an Intelsat Atlantic Ocean region satellite which delivers communications services throughout the Americas, the Caribbean and Western Europe. Following its launch from a floating platform in the Pacific Ocean (Sea Launch), Intelsat 9 succeeded the PAS-5 Atlantic Ocean Region satellite at 58° West of longitude, serving as the video neighborhood in the region as well as providing Internet and data services.

Intelsat 9

Names	IS-9 PAS-9 PAS-23
Mission type	Communications
Operator	PanAmSat / Intelsat
COSPAR ID	2000-043A
SATCAT no.	26451
Website	http://www.intelsat.com
Mission duration	15 years (planned) 21 years, 11 months, 23 days (elapsed)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	PAS-9
Spacecraft type	Boeing 601
Bus	HS-601HP
Manufacturer	Hughes
Launch mass	3,659 kg (8,067 lb)
Dry mass	2,389 kg (5,267 lb)
Power	10 kW
Start of mission
Launch date	28 July 2000, 22:42:00 UTC
Rocket	Zenit-3SL
Launch site	Sea Launch, Ocean Odyssey
Contractor	Sea Launch
Entered service	September 2000
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Geostationary orbit
Longitude	58° West (2000-20??) 50° West (20??-present)
Transponders
Band	48 transponders: 24 C-band 24 Ku-band
Bandwidth	36 MHz
Coverage area	Americas, Caribbean, Western Europe
PanAmSat constellation ← PAS-6B PAS-1R →

Mission

Intelsat 9 also serves as the transmission platform for Sky México's direct-to-home (DTH) service. The service employs 12 Ku-band transponders on Intelsat 9 for the digital delivery of more than 160 channels directly to consumers' homes.

On 11 September 2001, the Al Jazeera network used the PAS-9 to broadcast the tragedies occurring in New York into Qatar.^{[citation needed]}

Intelsat 9 highlights

• The high-power platform from which more than a dozen of international broadcasters and programmers deliver their content throughout the Americas, including the BBC of United Kingdom; Deutsche Welle of Germany; NHK of Japan; Cisneros of Venezuela; Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) of Portugal; and the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), ESPN and HBO Olé Partners of United States.^{[citation needed]}
• The permanent platform for Sky México's DTH television service.^{[citation needed]}
• Comprehensive coverage enabling the Napa, California teleport facility to access the satellite, which permits signal turnaround between the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas and Europe.^{[citation needed]}

Intelsat 9 customers

• Animax Brasil
• BBC
• Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação
• Caracol TV International
• Caracol Televisión
• Christian Television Network International
• Christian Vision
• Cinecanal
• Cisneros
• Deutsche Welle
• Discovery
• DLA
• Enlace Continental
• EWTN
• Hallmark
• HBO
• RTP
• Sky México
• Television Nacional Chile
• TV5Monde
• Telemundo
• 3ABN
• WWE

August 2012 outage

Starting at approximately 12:50 UTC on 5 August 2012, Intelsat lost communications with the satellite and it stopped transmitting its signals. This caused an outage of many Latin American television services, including Sony, Warner TV, AXN, HBO, Viacom, Disney Channel, Fox News and ESPN. Intelsat regained communications within a couple hours, and then by the end of the day was able to restore the normal function of the satellite.

Via its home page [1] and emails to customers, Intelsat's statement at the beginning of the outage said:

On Sunday, August 5, at approximately 12:20 GMT, the Intelsat 9 satellite, which provides data and media services to customers primarily in Mexico and South America, experienced a service interruption. Satellite functionality has since been re-established, and Intelsat operations is working with all affected customers. The process of restoring customer services is underway.

After the satellite was restored, Intelsat posted an update saying:

Intelsat 9 Now Fully Operational and Providing Services to Customers -- The Intelsat 9 satellite, which provides data and media services to customers primarily in Mexico and South America, experienced a service interruption on Sunday, August 5. Satellite functionality has since been fully re-established, and Intelsat has restored services to all of its affected customers.

It was noted in the press that the satellite is nearing the end of its 15-year planned service life and is due for replacement by the Intelsat 21 satellite later in 2012.[2]

References

External links

• Intelsat website
• LyngSat: Intelsat 9
• Intelsat 9 footprint(s) at SatBeams

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