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GALAXY 15, 28884

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GALAXY 15, 28884 is a payload satellite owned by Panamsat (US) in GEO that was launched on Thu, 13 Oct 2005 UTC via an ARIANE 5GS launch vehicle from the French Guiana (FRGUI). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

28884, 2005-041A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

7 hours ago

Origin

Intelsat (US / ITSO)

Manufacturer

OSC

Mission

Non-operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

OSC STAR 2, IHI LAE

Mass

2,033 kg wet, 885 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2005-10-13 (20 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 5GS

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 30 m

Radar Cross Section

28.709 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 7 hours ago

0 GALAXY 15
1 28884U 05041A   25113.88934084 -.00000147  00000-0  00000-0 0  9999
2 28884   2.4457  81.7484 0012528 131.7316 323.7480  0.98942645 71299

Epoch: 2025-04-23T21:20Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-23T21:20:39.048Z)

Latitude

2.41855°

Longitude

4.80965°

Altitude

36,119.411 km

Speed

3.064 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 48m 33s

True Declination

2° 24' 58"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-1.03756°

Longitude

114.90225°

Altitude

36,147.992 km

Speed

3.062 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

19h 32m 58s

Apparent Declination

-6° 13' 52"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

11:54:19

Azimuth

78.555° E

Elevation

-22.817°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

36,217.722 km

Perigee altitude

36,111.127 km

Semi-major axis

42,542.562 km

Eccentricity

0.0012528

Inclination

2.4457°

RAAN

81.7484°

Arg. of periapsis

131.7316°

True anomaly

323.663°

Mean anomaly

323.748°

Eccentric anomaly

323.70551°

Mean motion

0.24735 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1455.44 mins

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GALAXY 15 Visibility forecast

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