▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	GEO
Inclination	3.3468°
Eccentricity	0.0002279
Period	1436.1 min
Apogee	35,797 km
Perigee	35,777 km
Mean motion	1.00270690 rev/day
RAAN	78.6921°
Arg of perigee	29.1868°
Mean anomaly	217.8420°
B*	0.0000e+0
Rev at epoch	5,217

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

EPOCH Jul 7, 2026SOURCE CelesTrakDERIVED currentUPDATED Jul 7, 2026

1 28702U 05022A 26188.18794692 -.00000187 00000-0 00000-0 0 9996

2 28702 3.3468 78.6921 0002279 29.1868 217.8420 1.00270690 52176

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "GALAXY 28 (G-28)",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2005-022A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T04:30:38.614+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 1.0027069,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0002279,
  "INCLINATION": 3.3468,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 78.6921,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 29.1868,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 217.842,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 28702,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 5217,
  "BSTAR": 0,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": -0.00000187,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}

Reconstructed from CelesTrak OMM mean-elements (element-set number is a placeholder). TLE/OMM data is approximate. Not for operational use or collision avoidance.

▸Satellite metadata

Name	GALAXY 28 (G-28)
Operator	Intelsat Ltd, US headquartersHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree IntelsatMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Country	United States
Launch date	Jun 23, 2005HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	5493HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog

▸Data quality

Score90 / 100

Claims8

Sources2

TLEavailable

▸Sources

GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General CatalogCC BY 4.0planet4589.org
WikidataCC0 1.0query.wikidata.org

▸Actions

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//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.