Galaxy 1

retired

CommunicationsGEOCOSPAR 1983-065ALaunched 6/28/1983

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Mission & Launch

Launch Mission: Galaxy 1 Mission
Launch Vehicle: Delta 3920
Launch Date: 6/28/1983
Last Contact: 3/10/1994

Orbit & Mass

Orbit Class: GEO
Altitude: 35,785 km
Inclination: 0.14 deg
Dry Mass: 540 kg
Total Mass: 1,219 kg

Payload Classification

Organizations

Operator: Hughes Communications Inc.
Manufacturer: Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)

Constellation

Name: Galaxy GEO fleet
Active Satellites: 15

Registry

COSPAR ID: 1983-065A
UN Registration: ST/SG/SER.E/096

Mentions

All verified mentions of this spacecraft in source documents.

Galaxy 1 offers solutions for managing distributed terminals including video and audio streaming, tracking software, an M2M/IoT control platform, a secure online billing system called IBIS, and a remote terminal management platform (RTM).

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jun 8, 2024Galaxy 1 joins Viasat’s ELEVATE program to provide integrated SATCOM solutions

Galaxy-37 was launched on the 40th anniversary of Galaxy-1.

PlanGeneralValue 2.0Aug 3, 2023SpaceX launches Intelsat’s last C-band clearing satellite

Galaxy-1 is a small satellite platform intended as the basis for a global 0.005 kg constellation by Galaxy Space.

PlanCapabilityGrowthGeneralValue 3.8Jan 16, 2020China launches Yinhe-1 commercial low Earth orbit 5G satellite

Yinhe-1 (Galaxy-1) is a 227-kilogram technology verification satellite built by Beijing-based Galaxy Space.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.5Jan 16, 2020China launches Yinhe-1 commercial low Earth orbit 5G satellite

GalaxySpace is developing the Galaxy-1 satellite platform as a low-cost, high-performance small communications satellite that can deorbit itself near the end of its design lifetime.

CapabilityGeneralPlanValue 4.0Oct 10, 2019Chinese satellite startups Galaxy Space, MinoSpace secure new funding