Geostationary
GALAXY 13 (HORIZONS-1)
Pacific C-band / Ku-band Communications · SES / Intelsat (Joint)
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A Galaxy/Intelsat joint venture satellite at 127°W serving the Pacific market. Galaxy 13 / Horizons-1 was a pioneering commercial collaboration between two major satellite operators — SES and Intelsat sharing a single spacecraft to serve the Pacific. It carries C-band capacity for US Pacific market cable distribution and Ku-band for government and commercial broadband, serving Hawaii and the US Pacific territories alongside Japanese customers.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,237–22,246 mi (35,788–35,802 km)
- Inclination
- 1.7°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 27954
- Int’l designator
- 2003-044A
- Launched
- 2003
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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