Intelsat 9 (IS-9) (formerly PAS-9) is an Intelsat Atlantic Ocean region satellite which delivers communications services throughout the Americas, the Caribbean and Western Europe. Following its launch from a floating platform in the Pacific Ocean (Sea Launch), Intelsat 9 succeeded the PAS-5 Atlantic Ocean Region satellite at 58° West of longitude, serving as the video neighborhood in the region as well as providing Internet and data services. Mission Intelsat 9 also serves as the transmission platform for Sky México's direct-to-home (DTH) service. The service employs 12 Ku-band transponders on Intelsat 9 for the digital delivery of more than 160 channels directly to consumers' homes. On 11 September 2001, the Al Jazeera network used the PAS-9 to broadcast the tragedies occurring in New York into Qatar. Intelsat 9 highlights The high-power platform from which more than a dozen of international broadcasters and programmers deliver their content throughout the Americas, including the BBC of United Kingdom; Deutsche Welle of Germany; NHK of Japan; Cisneros of Venezuela; Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) of Portugal; and the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), ESPN and HBO Olé Partners of United States. The permanent platform for Sky México's DTH television service. Comprehensive coverage enabling the Napa, California teleport facility to access the satellite, which permits signal turnaround between the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas and Europe. Intelsat 9 customers Animax Brasil BBC Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação Caracol TV International Caracol Televisión Christian Television Network International Christian Vision Cinecanal Cisneros Deutsche Welle Discovery DLA Enlace Continental EWTN Hallmark HBO RTP Sky México Television Nacional Chile TV5Monde Telemundo 3ABN WWE August 2012 outage Starting at approximately 12:50 UTC on 5 August 2012, Intelsat lost communications with the satellite and it stopped transmitting its signals. This caused an outage of many Latin American television services, including Sony, Warner TV, AXN, HBO, Viacom, Disney Channel, Fox News and ESPN. Intelsat regained communications within a couple hours, and then by the end of the day was able to restore the normal function of the satellite. Via its home page and emails to customers, Intelsat's statement at the beginning of the outage said: On Sunday, August 5, at approximately 12:20 GMT, the Intelsat 9 satellite, which provides data and media services to customers primarily in Mexico and South America, experienced a service interruption. Satellite functionality has since been re-established, and Intelsat operations is working with all affected customers. The process of restoring