Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
Galaxy-3C |
Country of Operator/Owner |
USA |
Operator/Owner |
PanAmSat (Intelsat, Ltd.) |
Users |
Commercial |
Purpose |
Communications |
Class of Orbit |
GEO |
Type of Orbit |
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Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
-95.02 |
Perigee (km) |
35784 |
Apogee (km) |
35788 |
Eccentricity |
4.74428313881772E-05 |
Inclination (degrees) |
0.01 |
Period (minutes) |
1436.11 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
4860 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
2873 |
Power (watts) |
18000 |
Date of Launch |
15-06-2002 |
Expected Lifetime |
15 yrs. |
Contractor |
Boeing Satellite Systems |
Country of Contractor |
USA |
Launch Site |
Sea Launch (Odyssey) |
Launch Vehicle |
Zenit 3SL |
COSPAR Number |
2002-030A |
NORAD Number |
27445 |
Comments |
Direct-to-home broadcast of video and Internet; 24 C-band, 16 Ku-band; North America |