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Intelsat 2
Communication satellite. Intelsat 2 was launched on July 8, 1994 aboard a Ariane 44L from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (February 2007).
COSPAR 1994-040ANORAD 23175United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- PAS 2
- Common name
- Intelsat 2
- Payload designation
- Panamsat K1
- International designator
- 1994-040A
- NORAD catalog number
- 23175
- GCAT identifier
- S23175
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/688
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- PAS
- Owner
- Panamsat
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
- Platform (bus)
- HS-601
Launch
- Date
- July 8, 1994 · 23:05 UTC
- Launch record
- 1994-040Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 44L
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,633 km
- Apogee
- 35,943 km
- Inclination
- 0.03°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- February 2007
- Last known active
- November 2010
- End of operations
- November 2010
Size
- Mass
- 2,920 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,200 kg
- Length
- 4.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.70 m
- Span
- 26.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q10303050 (CC0).