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Astra 2D
Communications satellite. Astra 2D was launched on December 20, 2000 aboard a Ariane 5G from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2000-081ANORAD 26638Luxembourg
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Astra 2D
- International designator
- 2000-081A
- NORAD catalog number
- 26638
- GCAT identifier
- S26638
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.412
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Astra
- Owner
- SES
- Country
- Luxembourg
- Builder
- Boeing Satellite Development Center, El Segundo
- Platform (bus)
- HS-376HP
Launch
- Date
- December 20, 2000 · 00:26 UTC
- Launch record
- 2000-081Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5G
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,886 km
- Apogee
- 35,895 km
- Inclination
- 0.29°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Jun 12, 2021
- End of operations
- Jun 12, 2021
Size
- Mass
- 784 kg
- Dry mass
- 600 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,414 kg
- Length
- 8.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 8.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q446727 (CC0).