• The Galaxy series is a family of communications satellites originally developed and operated by Hughes Communications. It has since merged with PanAmSat...
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  • Galaxy 1R, but the replacement was lost during launch on 22 August 1992, due to a failure of the booster rocket's second stage Centaur engine. Galaxy...
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  • Jwaneng Galaxy Football Club is a Botswana football club based in Jwaneng. The club currently plays in the Botswana Premier League. Galaxy were founded...
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  • Hughes being the majority shareholder. In May 1997, Hughes Communication Galaxy merged with PanAmSat, adding 9 more satellites to its fleet. In 2003, News...
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  • Galaxy mergers can occur when two (or more) galaxies collide. They are the most violent type of galaxy interaction. The gravitational interactions between...
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    Messier 81 (redirect from Bode's Galaxy)
    Messier 81 (also known as NGC 3031 or Bode's Galaxy) is a grand design spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major...
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  • Success — — Galaxy 5 HS-376 1989 1992-03-14 Atlas I Success 1390 788 Palapa B4 HS-376 1992-05-14 Delta-7925-8 Success 1200 692 Galaxy 1R HS-376 1989 1992-08-22...
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  • kg). The Galaxy 9 was equipped with 24 (plus 6 spare) C-band transponders to provide services to South America. Galaxy 9 SatBeams Galaxy 1, 1R, 1R2, 2...
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    Atlas AC-71. 3 March 14, 1992, 00:00 AC-72 5052 Galaxy 5 Success 4 August 22, 1992, 22:40 AC-71 5051 Galaxy 1R Failure Centaur engine failure followed by RSO...
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    Communications satellite 34 February 19, 1994 23:45 Delta II 7925-8 CCAFS LC-17B Galaxy 1R GTO Intelsat Success Communications satellite 35 March 10, 1994 03:40...
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  • Services. October 24, 1997. Retrieved 2013-03-09. "Atlas Successfully Launches Galaxy VIII-i Satellite". International Launch Services. December 8, 1997. Retrieved...
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  • Launch outcome 225 February 19, 1994 23:45 Delta II 7925-8 CCAFS LC-17B Galaxy 1R GTO Intelsat Success Communications satellite 226 March 10, 1994 03:40...
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  • 2012, DirecTV-1R was briefly repositioned to 109.8° W as a spare for DirecTV-5, however, in mid-2012, it was announced that DirecTV-1R would be leased...
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    19 February 23:45 Delta II (7925–8) Cape Canaveral LC-17B Boeing IDS Galaxy 1R Geosynchronous Communications In orbit Operational 2 March 03:25 Tsyklon-3...
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    Successful 22 August 22:40 Atlas I Cape Canaveral LC-36B General Dynamics Galaxy 1R Hughes Intended: Geosynchronous Communications 22 August Launch failure...
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  • Galaxy 33 is a communications satellite owned by Intelsat located at 133° West longitude, serving the North American market. It was built by Northrop Grumman...
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  • Galaxy 19 is a communications satellite owned by Intelsat located at 97° West longitude, serving the North American market. Galaxy 19 replaced Galaxy...
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    towards the southern constellation Ophiuchus and well within the Milky Way galaxy at a distance of about 125 parsecs (407 lightyears). It is both close and...
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  • Galaxy 17 is a communications satellite owned by Intelsat to be located at 91° West longitude, serving the North American market. Galaxy 17 was intended...
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    Sunday, 16 June 1889". Vincent van Gogh: The Letters. Van Gogh Museum. 1r:1. Archived from the original on 14 October 2023. Then yet another that depicts...
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    optical luminosity of a supernova can be comparable to that of an entire galaxy before fading over several weeks or months. The last supernova directly...
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  • 24 C band, and 24 Ku band transponders. Galaxy 18 replaced Galaxy 10R near the end of its design life. Galaxy 18 was launched on May 21, 2008. The launch...
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  • GALAIR United Kingdom GLS Galaircervis GALS Ukraine 7O GAL Galaxy Air GALAXY Kyrgyzstan GXY Galaxy Airlines GALAX Japan GAS Galena Air Service GALENA AIR...
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  • Astrophysics. 420 (1): L1–L4. arXiv:astro-ph/0403509. Bibcode:2004A&A...420L...1R. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20040135. S2CID 2849060. Gamezo, V. N.; Khokhlov, A...
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    Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics. 57: 1–34. Bibcode:2019ARA&A..57....1R. doi:10.1146/annurev-astro-091918-104446. Williams, Robert (October 1, 2018)...
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  • Galaxy 28 (*geb. IA8) is a communications satellite owned by Intelsat located at 89° West longitude, serving the North America and South America market...
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    made possible to construct the first geostationary satellite, the Paksat-1R, in 2004, it was the crucial Chinese cooperation in 2007 that made the project...
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  • Galaxy 27 is a communications satellite owned by Intelsat. It was at first located at 129° West longitude, serving most of the North America market. It...
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  • Galaxy 10R was an American communications satellite which was operated by PanAmSat, and later Intelsat. It was constructed by Hughes and is based on the...
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  • Galaxy 26 is a communications satellite owned by Intelsat. It was built by Space Systems/Loral, as part of its SSL 1300 satellite bus. Galaxy 26 was formerly...
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