Galaxy 3C Explained

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.

External links

0°N -95°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Galaxy 3C (G-3C) . SatBeams . May 7, 2018.