Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
Galaxy-15 |
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) |
-132.97 |
Perigee (km) |
35776 |
Apogee (km) |
35795 |
Eccentricity |
0.000225356121976966 |
Inclination (degrees) |
0.06 |
Period (minutes) |
1436.07 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
2033 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
|
Power (watts) |
4700 |
Date of Launch |
13-10-2005 |
Expected Lifetime |
15 yrs. |
Contractor |
Orbital Sciences Corp. |
Country of Contractor |
USA |
Launch Site |
Guiana Space Center |
Launch Vehicle |
Ariane 5 |
COSPAR Number |
2005-041A |
NORAD Number |
28884 |
Comments |
North America, Alaska, Hawaii, Caribbean; 24 C-band transponders, 2 L-band transponders for transmission of navigational data; anomaly in 4/10 left Intelsat out of communication with the satellite. |