Geostationary
GALAXY 3C (G-3C)
US Cable Television C-band Distribution · SES Americom
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A Galaxy C-band satellite at 95°W — one of the most important addresses in American cable television. The 95°W position is where thousands of US cable television headends point their large C-band dishes to receive the programming that fills cable packages from CNN to ESPN to HBO. Galaxy satellites at 95°W carry more US cable channel feeds than any other orbital position. Before streaming, virtually every US cable subscriber was receiving their television from Galaxy satellites — an invisible infrastructure that built the American media landscape.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,238–22,246 mi (35,788–35,801 km)
- Inclination
- 4.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 27445
- Int’l designator
- 2002-030A
- Launched
- 2002
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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