[Satellite Today – 7-01-08] Intelsat confirmed that its Galaxy 26 satellite suffered a partial failure June 29, losing 15 watts out of its possible 37-watt capacity.
    Slightly more than half of the satellite’s payload was lost, Dianne Van Beber, Intelsat spokeswoman, told Satellite Today. “We do not expect to recover what was lost,” she said.
    Galaxy 26 (formerly known as Intelsat Americas 6 and Telstar 6), is located at 93° West and was built by Space Systems/Loral and placed in orbit in 1999. Customers that lost service have been redirected primarily to Galaxy 25 at 97° West and Galaxy 28 at 89° West. Some customers were redirected to Galaxy 16 at 99° West and experienced minor interruptions in service.