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Galaxy 16
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 18 June 2006, 07:50 am UTC
Rocket: Zenit (Zenith)
Provider: Sea Launch
Mission
Type: Communications
Orbit: Geostationary Orbit
Pad: Launch Platform Odyssey, Sea Launch
Mission Description
Galaxy 16 is a C- and Ku-band satellite with 24 C-band and 24 Ku-band transponders. The spacecraft is a version of SS/L's space-proven SSL-1300 satellite platform, which has an excellent record of reliable operation. The geostationary SSL-1300 has a designed service life of 15 years and maintains station-keeping and orbital stability by using bipropellant propulsion and momentum-bias systems.