Mission type | Communications |
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Operator | PanAmSat /Intelsat |
COSPAR ID | 2002-030A![]() |
SATCATno. | 27445 |
Mission duration | 15 years (planned) 22 years, 10 months, 8 days (in progress) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | BSS-702 |
Manufacturer | Boeing Satellite Systems |
Launch mass | 4,860 kilograms (10,710 lb) |
Dry mass | 2,873 kilograms (6,334 lb) |
Power | 15 kW |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 15 June 2002, 22:39:30 (2002-06-15UTC22:39:30Z) UTC |
Rocket | Zenit-3SL |
Launch site | Sea Launch |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Geostationary |
Longitude | 95° west[1] |
Transponders | |
Band | 24 C-band 16 Ku-band |
Coverage area | North America,Canada,United States &Mexico |
Galaxy 3C (orGalaxy 13) is acommunications satellite operated byPanAmSat from 2000 to 2006, and byIntelsat from 2006 to today. It spent most of its operational life at an orbital location of 95° W. Galaxy 3C was launched on June 15, 2002, with a Зенит 3SLZenit launch vehicle, from 154°w, 00°s, and coveredNorth America & S. America (optional) with twenty-four transponders each on theC- and sixteen inKu band.
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