Galaxy 3C | |
Mission Type: | Communications |
Cospar Id: | 2002-030A |
Satcat: | 27445 |
Mission Duration: | 15 years (planned) (in progress) |
Spacecraft Bus: | BSS-702 |
Manufacturer: | Boeing Satellite Systems |
Power: | 15 kW |
Launch Date: | UTC |
Launch Rocket: | Zenit-3SL |
Launch Site: | Sea Launch |
Orbit Reference: | Geocentric |
Orbit Regime: | Geostationary |
Orbit Longitude: | 95° west[1] |
Apsis: | gee |
Trans Band: | 24 C-band 16 Ku-band |
Trans Coverage: | North America, Canada, United States & Mexico |
Galaxy 3C (or Galaxy 13) is a communications satellite operated by PanAmSat from 2000 to 2006, and by Intelsat 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 3SL Zenit launch vehicle, from 154°w, 00°s, and covered North America & S. America (optional) with twenty-four transponders each on the C- and sixteen in Ku band.