Galaxy 10 [Boeing BSS]
Galaxy 10, a Hughes HS-601HP satellite, would have joined PanAmSat's fleet of dual-payload spacecraft serving the United States. It was the first satellite to be carried on the new Boeing Delta-8930 rocket. The launch occurred on 26 August 1998, but the satellite was lost when the Delta-8930 failed.
Galaxy 10 would have had 5.8 kilowatts at beginning of life, with power provided by a combination of solar cells. Each of the two solar wings had three panels of silicon solar cells, plus one panel of single-junction gallium arsenide cells.
In October 1998, PanAmSat ordered a replacement Hughes HS-601HP satellite, Galaxy 10-R, which was successfully launched in January 2000.
Nation: | USA |
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Type / Application: | Communication |
Operator: | PanAmSat |
Contractors: | Hughes |
Equipment: | 24 C-band transpondes, 24 Ku-band transponders |
Configuration: | HS-601HP |
Propulsion: | R-4D |
Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
Lifetime: | 15 years |
Mass: | 3876 kg |
Orbit: | GEO |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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Galaxy 10 | 1998-F03 | 27.08.1998 | CC LC-17B | F | Delta-8930 |