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Healthsat-2

Medical communications satellite. Healthsat-2 was launched on September 26, 1993 aboard a Ariane 40 from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

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Identity

Name in GCAT
ITAMSat-OSCAR-26
Common name
Healthsat-2
Payload designation
ITAMsat
Other names
IO-26
International designator
1993-061E
NORAD catalog number
22827
GCAT identifier
S22827

Mission

Mission type
Communications
Use
Amateur / academic
Program
AMSAT Micro
Owner
AMSAT-I
Country
Italy
Builder
AMSAT-Italia
Platform (bus)
Microsat

Launch

Date
September 26, 1993 · 01:45 UTC
Launch record
1993-061Success
Rocket
Ariane 40
Spaceport
Kourou · pad ELA2

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LEO/S
Perigee
792 km
Apogee
806 km
Inclination
98.68°
Status
In orbit
Last known active
January 2023
End of operations
2006

Size

Mass
12 kg
Dry mass
12 kg
Length
0.3 m
Diameter
0.30 m
Span
0.3 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q110307600 (CC0).