Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
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 HS-601HP satellite bus. Launch occurred on 25 January 2000 at 01:04. The launch was contracted by Arianespace and used an Ariane 4 42L-3 carrier rocket flying from ELA-2 at the Guiana Space Centre.Galaxy 10R was built to replace the Galaxy 10 satellite which had been lost in a launch failure on the maiden flight of the Delta III in 1998.