Intelsat lost control of its Galaxy 15 broadcast satellite

Intelsat filed a 30-day license application with the FCC to operate the Galaxy 15 satellite serving media customers in North …
Intelsat lost control of its Galaxy 15 broadcast satellite
Artist’s conception of the Galaxy 15 broadcast satellite. Credit: Orbital Sciences

Edinburgh, 23 August 2022. – Intelsat filed a 30-day license application with the FCC to operate the Galaxy 15 satellite serving media customers in North America, outside of the +/- 0.05 degree East/West station-keeping box as it lost control of the broadcast satellite due to a geomagnetic storm.

Space weather activity affected onboard electronics necessary for satellite communications and keeping it locked in a geostationary orbit. Intelsat stated that the satellite was otherwise operating nominally.

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The company is currently working on regaining communications with the spacecraft and said that customers are not expected to lose service continuity. A replacement satellite, Galaxy 33 along with Galaxy 34 is planned to launch in November aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9.

The Orbital Sciences-built Galaxy 15 was launched in 2005. In 2010, Intelsat temporarily lost control of the satellite due to an anomaly, also related to solar activity.

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