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GSTAR 2
GSTAR 2 was launched on March 28, 1986 aboard a Ariane 3 from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1986-026ANORAD 16649United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Gstar 2
- Common name
- GSTAR 2
- International designator
- 1986-026A
- NORAD catalog number
- 16649
- GCAT identifier
- S16649
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/148
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Gstar
- Owner
- GTE
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- GE Astro Space, East Windsor
- Platform (bus)
- AS3000
Launch
- Date
- March 28, 1986 · 23:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 1986-026Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 3
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,780 km
- Apogee
- 35,791 km
- Inclination
- 0.02°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Aug 20, 1997
- End of operations
- Aug 20, 1997
Size
- Mass
- 692 kg
- Dry mass
- 320 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,235 kg
- Length
- 2.8 m
- Diameter
- 1.00 m
- Span
- 14.9 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16943260 (CC0).