TV
NORAD ID: 28884
Int'l Code: 2005-041A
Perigee: 35,787.9 km
Apogee: 35,797.0 km
Inclination: 0.0 °
Period: 1,436.0 minutes
Semi major axis: 42163 km
Launch date: October 13, 2005
Source: International Telecommunications Satellite Organiz (ITSO)
Comments: The Galaxy 15 satellite features a unique commercial/government hybrid payload configuration. In addition to C-band communications, which will be used to distribute entertainment and informational programming to cable television system operators, the spacecraft will also broadcast Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation data using L-band frequencies. This data is part of the Federal Aviation Administration's Wide-Area Augmentation System, which is a Global Positioning System (GPS)-based navigation system that provides precision guidance to commercial and general aviation aircraft at thousands of airports and airstrips where there is no precision landing infrastructure in place.
North America, Alaska, Hawaii, Caribbean; 24 C-band transponders, 2 L-band transponders for transmission of navigational data.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 28884U 05041A 13141.56910356 .00000081 00000-0 00000+0 0 5315
2 28884 000.0247 332.7942 0001083 141.7293 196.7067 01.00276341 27856
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for GALAXY 15
