  Fossil groups are considered the end product in a galaxy group's evolution --
a massive central galaxy that dominates the luminosity budget of the group, as
the outcome of efficient merging between intermediate-luminosity members.
Little is however known about the faint satellite systems of fossil groups.
Here we present a SUBARU/Suprime-Cam wide-field, deep imaging study in the B-
and R-band of the nearest fossil group NGC 6482
(M_{tot}\sim4\times10^{12}M_{\sun}), covering the virial radius out to 310 kpc.
We perform detailed completeness estimations and select group member candidates
by a combination of automated object detection and visual inspection. A
fiducial sample of 48 member candidates down to M_R -10.5 mag is detected,
making this study the deepest of a fossil group up to now. We investigate the
photometric scaling relations, the colour-magnitude relation, and the
luminosity function of our galaxy sample. We find evidence of recent and
ongoing merger events among bright group galaxies. The colour-magnitude
relation is comparable to that of nearby galaxy clusters, and exhibits
significant scatter at the faintest luminosities. The completeness-corrected
luminosity function is dominated by early-type dwarfs and is characterized by a
faint end slope \alpha=-1.32\pm0.05. We conclude that the NGC 6482 fossil group
shows photometric properties consistent with those of regular galaxy clusters
and groups, including a normal abundance of faint satellites.
