Battery: During the autumn eclipse season of 1998, a battery problem similar to the PAS-5 anomaly was detected on Galaxy VIII-i, which is the same model satellite as PAS-5. The incident resulted in the shut-off of a substantial number of transponders for brief periods during the eclipses.
XIPS: Galaxy VIII-i lost its Xenon Ion Propulsion Systems (XIPS) probably because of build-up of residues on the thrusters' grids, which significantly shortened the satellite's projected operational life, originally expected to last until 2012. It was put in graveyard orbit in February 2004.
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