Intelsat 8


Intelsat 8 is a communications satellite owned by Intelsat located at 166° E longitude, serving the Pacific market.
On 13 August 2012 it was replaced with Intelsat 19. During September, it was co-located to the same position as Intelsat 5 at 169° East from 166° East to continue its service life as Intelsat 5's replacement later in the year.
On 19 October 2012 at around 2300 UTC, Intelsat 8 took over broadcasting Intelsat 5's television channels which include Australia Network and regular feeds of Entertainment Tonight and The Wall Street Journal Report available via a two-meter dish at 4.1 GHz horizontal 26.48 MBd QPSK 3/4.