Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
Galaxy-13 (Horizons 1, Galaxy 13L) |
Country of Operator/Owner |
USA/Japan |
Operator/Owner |
PanAmSat (Intelsat, Ltd.)/Sky Perfect JSAT Corp. |
Users |
Commercial |
Purpose |
Communications |
Class of Orbit |
GEO |
Type of Orbit |
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Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
-126.97 |
Perigee (km) |
35781 |
Apogee (km) |
35790 |
Eccentricity |
0.000106747636725931 |
Inclination (degrees) |
0.01 |
Period (minutes) |
1436.07 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
4060 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
2630 |
Power (watts) |
8600 |
Date of Launch |
01-10-2003 |
Expected Lifetime |
15 yrs. |
Contractor |
Boeing Satellite Systems |
Country of Contractor |
USA |
Launch Site |
Sea Launch (Odyssey) |
Launch Vehicle |
Zenit 3 |
COSPAR Number |
2003-044A |
NORAD Number |
27954 |
Comments |
Horizons 1 is Ku-band payload; C-band is on Galaxy 13. |