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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

Country

Unknown / ITSO

Related business

SES S.A. (LU)

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, 15.0 m

Radar Cross Section

28.709 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 10 hours ago

0 GALAXY 15
1 28884U 05041A   25346.98332031 -.00000219  00000-0  00000-0 0  9992
2 28884   3.0524  79.3337 0017957 144.9837 179.4775  0.98942230 73594

Epoch: 2025-12-12T23:35Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-12T23:35:58.874Z)

Latitude

-1.75818°

Longitude

-32.08067°

Altitude

36,239.745 km

Speed

3.056 km/s

True Right ascension

02h 55m 19s

True Declination

-1° 45' 23"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

07:35:02

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

36,240.936 km

Perigee altitude

36,088.148 km

Semi-major axis

42,542.679 km

Eccentricity

0.0018

Inclination

3.0524°

RAAN

79.3337°

Arg. of periapsis

144.9837°

True anomaly

179.47937°

Mean anomaly

179.4775°

Eccentric anomaly

179.47844°

Mean motion

0.24735 °/min

Orbital period

1,455.45 mins

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Other satellites on launch #41 in the year 2005 (2005-10-13 UTC)

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GALAXY 15 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
270 mins	2025-12-14 04:36:16.929Z	103.866° ESE	2025-12-14 09:06:16.929Z	103.452° ESE	11.36°	2025-12-14 09:06:16.929Z	103.452° ESE

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GALAXY 15, 28884

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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