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Marisat 2
Communications satalite. Marisat 2 was launched on June 10, 1976 aboard a Delta 2914 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1976-053ANORAD 8882United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Marisat 103
- Common name
- Marisat 2
- Payload designation
- Marisat B
- Other names
- Marisat F-3:P
- International designator
- 1976-053A
- NORAD catalog number
- 8882
- GCAT identifier
- S08882
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.351
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Marisat
- Owner
- Comsat
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
- Platform (bus)
- HS-356
Launch
- Date
- June 10, 1976 · 00:09 UTC
- Launch record
- 1976-053Success
- Rocket
- Delta 2914
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,781 km
- Apogee
- 35,794 km
- Inclination
- 2.28°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Sep 25, 1996
- End of operations
- Sep 25, 1996
Size
- Mass
- 360 kg
- Dry mass
- 286 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 655 kg
- Length
- 1.6 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 3.8 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q18327709 (CC0).