Payload
GALAXY 12 (G-12)
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
GALAXY 12 (G-12) is a PanAmSat (Intelsat S.A.) payload satellite, launched on April 9, 2003 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- April 9, 2003 at 10:52 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 G →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- INSAT-3A & Galaxy 12
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,170 km
- Periapsis
- 36,134 km
- Inclination
- 6.97°
- Orbital period
- 1454.81 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- PanAmSat (Intelsat S.A.)
- Manufacturer
- Orbital Sciences Corp.
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 1,760 kg
- Dry mass
- 800 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2003-013B
- NORAD catalog №
- 27715
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Intelsat- Radar cross-section
- 19.9526 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational