GALAXY 15

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GALAXY 15 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 28884

Int'l Code: 2005-041A

Perigee: 36,093.7 km

Apogee: 36,248.8 km

Inclination: 3.0 °

Period: 1,455.4 minutes

Semi major axis: 42542 km

RCS: 7.9433 m² (large)

Launch date: October 13, 2005
Source: International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

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.