{"id":9130,"date":"2022-10-10T19:08:11","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T11:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/intelsat-announces-successful-launch-of-galaxy-33-and-galaxy-34-satellites\/"},"modified":"2022-10-10T19:08:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T11:08:11","slug":"intelsat-announces-successful-launch-of-galaxy-33-and-galaxy-34-satellites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/intelsat-announces-successful-launch-of-galaxy-33-and-galaxy-34-satellites\/","title":{"rendered":"Intelsat Announces Successful Launch of Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34 Satellites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/Intelsat_Cover_638009866701438992.jpg\" width=\"712\" height=\"377\" alt=\"Intelsat Announces Successful Launch of Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34 Satellites\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/Intelsat_Cover_638009866701438992.jpg\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/Intelsat_Cover_638009866701438992.jpg\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p>Intelsat, an operator of one of the world\u2019s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial networks and leading provider of inflight connectivity, has announced the successful launch of Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34, geosynchronous communications satellites that will ensure service continuity to Intelsat\u2019s North American media customers.<\/p>\n<p>The Northrop Grumman-manufactured Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34 satellites were launched aboard SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 7:05 p.m. EDT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s launch demonstrates Intelsat\u2019s long-term commitment to our media customers,\u201d said Intelsat CEO Dave Wajsgras. \u201cThe Intelsat Galaxy fleet is the most reliable and efficient media content distribution system in North America, and this investment will provide our customers with a reliable and high-performance technology path for media distribution through the next decade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Galaxy 33 separated from the vehicle at 7:38 p.m. EDT, and Intelsat confirmed its signal acquisition at 7:43 p.m. EDT. Galaxy 34 separated from the vehicle at 7:43 p.m. EDT, and Intelsat confirmed its signal acquisition at 8:20 p.m. EDT.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/Intelsat_3_638009870562304135.jpg\" width=\"693\" style=\"width: 693px; height: 465.462px;\" height=\"465.462\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" ><\/p>\n<p>Galaxy 33 will be the replacement satellite at 133 degrees west once it is in service in early November. The satellite will provide service continuity for distribution to cable headends throughout the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Galaxy 34 will replace Galaxy 12 at 129 degrees west once it is in service in late 2022. This satellite will serve as the new restoration payload for Intelsat\u2019s Galaxy cable distribution customers, allowing the previous restoration role at 121 degrees west to be converted to a core cable distribution satellite.<\/p>\n<p>The launch continues Intelsat\u2019s Galaxy fleet refresh plan that started with Galaxy 30 in 2020 and carries the first two of a total of seven new Intelsat satellites launching in the next six months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intelsat, an operator of one of the world\u2019s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial networks and leading provider of inflight connectivity, has announced the successful launch of Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34, geosynchronous communications satellites that will ensure service continuity to Intelsat\u2019s North American media customers. The Northrop Grumman-manufactured Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34 satellites were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[25,54,20],"class_list":["post-9130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-launch","tag-launch-vehicle-platforms","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9130"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9130\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}