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Spaceway F2
Communications satellite. Spaceway F2 was launched on November 16, 2005 aboard a Ariane 5ECA from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2005-046BNORAD 28903United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Spaceway 2
- Common name
- Spaceway F2
- Payload designation
- Spaceway F2
- International designator
- 2005-046B
- NORAD catalog number
- 28903
- GCAT identifier
- S28903
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/484
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Spaceway
- Owner
- DirecTV
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Boeing Satellite Development Center, El Segundo
- Platform (bus)
- BSS-702HP
Launch
- Date
- November 16, 2005 · 23:46 UTC
- Launch record
- 2005-046Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5ECA
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/NS
- Perigee
- 33,020 km
- Apogee
- 38,614 km
- Inclination
- 0.15°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Nov 24, 2024
- End of operations
- Nov 2, 2024
Size
- Mass
- 6,116 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,940 kg
- Length
- 5.1 m
- Diameter
- 3.30 m
- Span
- 40.9 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q7572746 (CC0).