- Home
- Spacecraft
- Horizons-2
Horizons-2
Communications satellite. Horizons-2 was launched on December 21, 2007 aboard a Ariane 5GS from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2007-063BNORAD 32388United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Horizons 2
- Common name
- Horizons-2
- International designator
- 2007-063B
- NORAD catalog number
- 32388
- GCAT identifier
- S32388
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/688
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Horizons
- Owner
- Horizons
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Orbital Sciences Corp.
- Platform (bus)
- OSC Star 2.4
Launch
- Date
- December 21, 2007 · 21:41 UTC
- Launch record
- 2007-063Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5GS
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,777 km
- Apogee
- 35,797 km
- Inclination
- 0.03°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 5, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 2,304 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,018 kg
- Length
- 3.9 m
- Diameter
- 2.30 m
- Span
- 18.1 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1628132 (CC0).