Galaxy 19

Galaxy 19 is a communications satellite owned by Intelsat located at 97° West longitude, serving the North American market. Galaxy 19 replaced Galaxy 25 which is nearing the end of its design life and has been moved to 93.1°W longitude. It was built by Space Systems/Loral, as part of its FS-1300 line. Galaxy 19 was formerly known as Intelsat Americas 9 and was successfully launched September 24, 2008.^[2] It provides services in the C band and K_u band.

Galaxy 19

Operator	Intelsat
COSPAR ID	2008-045A
SATCAT no.	33376
Mission duration	15 years
Spacecraft properties
Bus	LS-1300
Manufacturer	Space Systems/Loral
Start of mission
Launch date	September 24, 2008, 09:27:59 (2008-09-24UTC09:27:59Z) UTC[1][2]
Rocket	Zenit-3SL
Launch site	Odyssey
Contractor	Sea Launch
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Geostationary
Longitude	97° west
Perigee altitude	35,782 kilometers (22,234 mi)[3]
Apogee altitude	35,804 kilometers (22,248 mi)[3]
Inclination	0.01 degrees[3]
Period	1436.12 minutes[3]
Epoch	January 24, 2015, 09:14:02 UTC[3]
Transponders
Band	24 C band
Frequency	Horizontal: 3700.5 MHz Vertical: 4199.5 MHz
Bandwidth	36 megahertz
Coverage area	United States Canada Mexico Caribbean Greenland
TWTA power	20 watt SSPA

The clients for Galaxy 19 include the previous clients for Galaxy 25. Expanded services include higher-powered C-band and K_u band transponders as well as new, high-power K_a band service. As of August 2017, Galaxy 19 broadcast 172 free-to-air channels for North American televisions, from a diverse list of national and international sources.^[4]

Galaxy 19 was launched using Sea Launch.^[5]