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 95ð W. Galaxy 3C was launched on June 15, 2002, with a ÃÂõýøà3SL Zenit launch vehicle, from 154ðw, 00ðs, and covered North America & S. America (optional) with twenty-four transponders each on the C- and sixteen in K<sub>u</sub> band.