Galaxy 10
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 August 26, 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galaxy 10 | 27.08.1998 | CC LC-17B | F | Delta-8930 |
References:
- Boeing: Galaxy X
Further Galaxy missions:
- Galaxy 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 1R, 1R2 (HS-376)
- Galaxy 3C (BSS-702)
- Galaxy 3R (HS-601)
- Galaxy 4, 7 (HS-601)
- Galaxy 4R, 10R (HS-601HP)
- Galaxy 8i, 8iR (HS-601HP)
- Galaxy 10 (HS-601HP)
- Galaxy 11 (BSS-702)
- Galaxy 12, 14 (Star-2)
- Galaxy 13 (BSS-601HP)
Galaxy 14(HS-702)- Galaxy 15 (Star-2)
- Galaxy 16, 18 (LS-1300)
- Galaxy 17 (Spacebus-3000B3)
- Galaxy 19 (SSL-1300)
- Galaxy 23 (Echostar 9) (SSL-1300)
- Galaxy 25, 26, 27 (SSL-1300)
- Galaxy 28 (SSL-1300S)
