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HYLAS 2
Communications satellite. HYLAS 2 was launched on August 2, 2012 aboard a Ariane 5ECA from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2012-043BNORAD 38741United Kingdom
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Hylas 2
- Common name
- HYLAS 2
- International designator
- 2012-043B
- NORAD catalog number
- 38741
- GCAT identifier
- S38741
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/690
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Avanti
- Owner
- Avanti
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Builder
- Orbital Sciences Corp.
- Platform (bus)
- Star-2.4E
Launch
- Date
- August 2, 2012 · 20:54 UTC
- Launch record
- 2012-043Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5ECA
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,774 km
- Apogee
- 35,797 km
- Inclination
- 0.05°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 10, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 3,311 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,532 kg
- Length
- 4.8 m
- Diameter
- 2.50 m
- Span
- 23.6 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1357232 (CC0).