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Tempo 2
Tempo 2 was launched on March 8, 1997 aboard a Atlas IIA from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (1999).
COSPAR 1997-011ANORAD 24748United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Tempo 2
- International designator
- 1997-011A
- NORAD catalog number
- 24748
- GCAT identifier
- S24748
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/329
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Tempo
- Owner
- Tempo Satellite
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- SS/Loral
- Platform (bus)
- FS-1300
Launch
- Date
- March 8, 1997 · 06:01 UTC
- Launch record
- 1997-011Success
- Rocket
- Atlas IIA
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC36A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,753 km
- Apogee
- 35,818 km
- Inclination
- 0.55°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- 1999
- Last known active
- August 2006
- End of operations
- Aug 15, 2006
Size
- Mass
- 3,558 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,500 kg
- Length
- 5.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.40 m
- Span
- 27.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16943267 (CC0).