Payload
GALAXY 16 (G-16)
OperationalPayloadGEONORAD 29236
GALAXY 16 (G-16) is a PanAmSat (Intelsat S.A.) payload satellite, launched on June 18, 2006 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- June 18, 2006 at 07:50 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Sea Launch (Odyssey, Pacific)
- Launched by
- Zenit 3SL →
- Operator
- Sea Launch
- Mission
- Galaxy 16
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,797 km
- Periapsis
- 35,776 km
- Inclination
- 0.04°
- Orbital period
- 1436.11 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 13, 2026 at 01:20 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- PanAmSat (Intelsat S.A.)
- Manufacturer
- Space Systems/Loral
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 4,640 kg
- Power
- 10,000 W
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
- Dimensions
- 5.6 × 2.8 × 2.8 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2006-023A
- NORAD catalog №
- 29236
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 251.785 m²
- Status
- Operational