Galaxy 3C

Galaxy 3C (or PAS-9 and 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 Zenit launch vehicle, and covered North America with twenty-four transponders each on the C- and sixteen in K_u band.

Galaxy 3C
Spacecraft properties

Mission type	Communications
Operator	PanAmSat / Intelsat
COSPAR ID	2002-030A
SATCAT no.	27445
Mission duration	15 years


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 (2002-06-15UTC22:39:30Z) 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

References

SatBeams. "Galaxy 3C (G-3C)". Retrieved May 7, 2018.

External links

Intelsat Corporation
COMSAT Intelsat Americas PanAmSat ITSO STS-49 List of Intelsat satellites
Intelsat I, II, III	Intelsat I Intelsat II F-1 II F-2 II F-3 II F-4 Intelsat III F-1 III F-2 III F-3 III F-4 III F-5 III F-6 III F-7 III F-8
Intelsat IV	Intelsat IV F-1 IV F-2 IV F-3 IV F-4 IV F-5 IV F-6 IV F-7 IV F-8 IVA F-1 IVA F-2 IVA F-3 IVA F-4 IVA F-5 IVA F-6
Intelsat V	Intelsat V F-1 V F-2 V F-3 V F-4 V F-5 V F-6 V F-7 V F-8 V F-9† VA F-10 VA F-11 VA F-12 VA F-13 VA F-14 VA F-15
Intelsat VI	Intelsat 601 602 603 604 605
Intelsat 7-10	Intelsat 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 801 802 803 804 805 806 901 902 903 904 905 906 907 10-02
ex-PanAmSat	Intelsat 1R 2 3R 4 5 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12
Recent Intelsat	Intelsat 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (New Dawn) 29e 30 31 32e 33e 34 35e 36 37e 38 39
Galaxy (Intelsat Americas)	Galaxy 3C 4R 5 9 10R 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 23 25 26 27 28
Other	APR-1 APR-2 Horizons-1 Horizons-2 Horizons-3e Intelsat K Marisat-F2 SBS 6

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