AUSSAT A2

Australian communications satellite. AUSSAT A2 was launched on November 27, 1985 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (January 1992).

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Identity

Name in GCAT: Aussat K2
Common name: AUSSAT A2
International designator: 1985-109C
NORAD catalog number: 16275
GCAT identifier: S16275
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/259

Mission

Mission type: Communications
Use: Commercial
Program: Aussat
Owner: Aussat
Country: Australia
Builder: Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
Platform (bus): HS-376

Launch

Date: November 27, 1985 · 00:29 UTC
Launch record: 1985-109Success
Rocket: Space Shuttle
Spaceport: Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): GEO/S
Perigee: 35,781 km
Apogee: 35,792 km
Inclination: 0.01°
Status: Renamed
Status date: January 1992
Last known active: May 1, 2001
End of operations: May 1, 2001

Size

Mass: 566 kg
Dry mass: 433 kg
Total mass with attached objects: 1,109 kg
Length: 6.6 m
Diameter: 2.20 m
Span: 6.3 m

Launched together

STS-61-BHuman spaceflight · NASA JSC Morelos 2Communications · SCT SATCOM K2Communications · RCA Americom

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16061368 (CC0).