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Galaxy 2
Galaxy 2 was launched on September 22, 1983 aboard a Delta 3920/PAM from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1983-098ANORAD 14365United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Galaxy 2
- Payload designation
- Galaxy II
- International designator
- 1983-098A
- NORAD catalog number
- 14365
- GCAT identifier
- S14365
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/097
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Galaxy
- Owner
- HCI
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
- Platform (bus)
- HS-376
Launch
- Date
- September 22, 1983 · 22:16 UTC
- Launch record
- 1983-098Success
- Rocket
- Delta 3920/PAM
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,783 km
- Apogee
- 35,789 km
- Inclination
- 0.08°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- May 21, 1994
- End of operations
- May 21, 1994
Size
- Mass
- 676 kg
- Dry mass
- 540 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,219 kg
- Length
- 6.8 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 6.8 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q14771258 (CC0).