Payload
GALAXY 3C (G-3C)
OperationalPayloadGEO
GALAXY 3C (G-3C) is a PanAmSat (Intelsat S.A.)/DirecTV, Inc. payload satellite, launched on June 15, 2002 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 15, 2002 at 10:39 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Sea Launch (Odyssey, Pacific)
- Launched by
- Zenit 3SL →
- Operator
- Sea Launch
- Mission
- Galaxy 3C
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,794 km
- Periapsis
- 35,780 km
- Inclination
- 3.72°
- Orbital period
- 1436.11 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- PanAmSat (Intelsat S.A.)/DirecTV, Inc.
- Manufacturer
- Boeing Satellite Systems
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 4,850 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,873 kg
- Power
- 18,000 W
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2002-030A
- NORAD catalog №
- 27445
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 33.4954 m²
- Status
- Operational