GALAXY 12, 27715
Orbit data source: Space-Track
GALAXY 12, 27715 is a payload satellite owned by Panamsat (US) in GEO that was launched on Wed, 09 Apr 2003 UTC via an ARIANE 5G 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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Edit Public Description
Identifier
Orbit
Country
Unknown / ITSORelated business
Manufacturer
OSC
Mission
Non-operational Commercial Communications
Bus & Motor
OSC STAR 2, IHI LAE
Mass
1,760 kg wet, 800 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 6.3 m
Radar Cross Section
10.560 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 13 hours ago
TLE from 13 hours ago
0 GALAXY 12
1 27715U 03013B 25340.86572128 .00000076 00000-0 00000-0 0 9995
2 27715 6.4995 71.5315 0004537 230.2236 141.1535 0.98981974 50062Epoch: 2025-12-06T20:46Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-06T20:46:38.318Z)
Latitude
1.30913°
Longitude
55.31795°
Altitude
36,166.542 km
Speed
3.06 km/s
True Right ascension
05h 31m 27s
True Declination
1° 18' 28"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
07:37:03
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
36,172.435 km
Perigee altitude
36,133.842 km
Semi-major axis
42,531.275 km
Eccentricity
0.00045
Inclination
6.4995°
RAAN
71.5315°
Arg. of periapsis
230.2236°
True anomaly
141.1861°
Mean anomaly
141.1535°
Eccentric anomaly
141.1698°
Mean motion
0.24745 °/min
Orbital period
1,454.86 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #13 in the year 2003 (2003-04-09 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.GALAXY 12 Visibility
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Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs
Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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