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Eutelsat I F-2
Decommissioned European communications satellite. Eutelsat I F-2 was launched on August 4, 1984 aboard a Ariane 3 from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Jul 2, 2001).
COSPAR 1984-081ANORAD 15158EUTELSAT (intergovernmental)
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- ECS 2
- Common name
- Eutelsat I F-2
- International designator
- 1984-081A
- NORAD catalog number
- 15158
- GCAT identifier
- S15158
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/112
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- ECS
- Owner
- Eutelsat
- Country
- EUTELSAT (intergovernmental)
- Builder
- British Aerospace
- Platform (bus)
- ECS
Launch
- Date
- August 4, 1984 · 13:32 UTC
- Launch record
- 1984-081Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 3
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,746 km
- Apogee
- 35,825 km
- Inclination
- 0.04°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- July 2, 2001
- Last known active
- Nov 9, 1993
- End of operations
- Nov 9, 1993
Size
- Mass
- 567 kg
- Dry mass
- 450 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,037 kg
- Length
- 2.4 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 13.8 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16061296 (CC0).