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ARSAT-2
Geostationary communications satellite operated by ARSAT and built by the Argentine company INVAP. ARSAT-2 was launched on September 30, 2015 aboard a Ariane 5ECA from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2015-054BNORAD 40941Argentina
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- ARSAT-2
- International designator
- 2015-054B
- NORAD catalog number
- 40941
- GCAT identifier
- S40941
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/759
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- ARSAT
- Owner
- AR-SAT
- Country
- Argentina
- Builder
- Investigaciones Aplicads Sociedad del Estado (INVAP SE)
- Platform (bus)
- ARSAT-Bus
Launch
- Date
- September 30, 2015 · 20:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 2015-054Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5ECA
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,784 km
- Apogee
- 35,793 km
- Inclination
- 0.08°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 23, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 2,977 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,500 kg
- Length
- 4.9 m
- Diameter
- 1.80 m
- Span
- 16.3 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q17709488 (CC0).