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DirecTV 2
DirecTV 2 was launched on August 3, 1994 aboard a Atlas IIA from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (February 2006).
COSPAR 1994-047ANORAD 23192United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- DirecTV 2
- Payload designation
- DBS 2
- International designator
- 1994-047A
- NORAD catalog number
- 23192
- GCAT identifier
- S23192
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/278
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- DirecTV
- Owner
- DirecTV
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
- Platform (bus)
- HS-601
Launch
- Date
- August 3, 1994 · 23:57 UTC
- Launch record
- 1994-047Success
- Rocket
- Atlas IIA
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC36A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,776 km
- Apogee
- 35,796 km
- Inclination
- 0.04°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- February 2006
- Last known active
- August 2006
- End of operations
- May 21, 2007
Size
- Mass
- 2,921 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,200 kg
- Length
- 4.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.80 m
- Span
- 21.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q14559244 (CC0).