Galaxy 3C (or Galaxy 13) is a communications satellite operated by PanAmSat from 2000 to 2006, and by Intelsat from 2006 to today. It spent most of its operational life at an orbital location of 95° W. Galaxy 3C was launched on June 15, 2002, with a Зенит 3SL Zenit launch vehicle, from 154°w, 00°s, and covered North America & S. America (optional) with twenty-four transponders each on the C- and sixteen in K_u band.

Galaxy 3C

Mission type	Communications
Operator	PanAmSat / Intelsat
COSPAR ID	2002-030A
SATCAT no.	27445
Mission duration	15 years (planned) 21 years, 9 months, 24 days (in progress)
Spacecraft properties
Bus	BSS-702
Manufacturer	Boeing Satellite Systems
Launch mass	4,860 kilograms (10,710 lb)
Dry mass	2,873 kilograms (6,334 lb)
Power	15 kW
Start of mission
Launch date	15 June 2002, 22:39:30 (2002-06-15UTC22:39:30Z) UTC
Rocket	Zenit-3SL
Launch site	Sea Launch
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Geostationary
Longitude	95° west[1]
Transponders
Band	24 C-band 16 Ku-band
Coverage area	North America, Canada, United States & Mexico