Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
Galaxy-11 |
Country of Operator/Owner |
USA |
Operator/Owner |
PanAmSat (Intelsat, Ltd.) |
Users |
Commercial |
Purpose |
Communications |
Class of Orbit |
GEO |
Type of Orbit |
|
Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
-55.5 |
Perigee (km) |
35785 |
Apogee (km) |
35795 |
Eccentricity |
0.000118595825426945 |
Inclination (degrees) |
0.05 |
Period (minutes) |
1436.11 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
4488 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
2775 |
Power (watts) |
10400 |
Date of Launch |
21-01-1999 |
Expected Lifetime |
14 yrs. |
Contractor |
Boeing Satellite Systems |
Country of Contractor |
USA |
Launch Site |
Guiana Space Center |
Launch Vehicle |
Ariane 4 |
COSPAR Number |
1999-071A |
NORAD Number |
26038 |
Comments |
Voice and video communications; 24 C-band, 40 Ku-band; North America, Brazil. Solar panels very degraded - will serve for DTH applications. |