Mission type | Communications |
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Operator | PanAmSat / Intelsat |
COSPAR ID | 2002-030A |
SATCAT no. | 27445 |
Mission duration | 15 years (planned) 22 years, 5 months, 11 days (in progress) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | BSS-702 |
Manufacturer | Boeing Satellite Systems |
Launch mass | 4,860 kilograms (10,710 lb) |
Dry mass | 2,873 kilograms (6,334 lb) |
Power | 15 kW |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 15 June 2002, 22:39:30 | UTC
Rocket | Zenit-3SL |
Launch site | Sea Launch |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Geostationary |
Longitude | 95° west[1] |
Transponders | |
Band | 24 C-band 16 Ku-band |
Coverage area | 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.