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UFO 2
Satellite. UFO 2 was launched on September 3, 1993 aboard a Atlas I from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1993-056ANORAD 22787United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- UHF F/O F2
- Common name
- UFO 2
- Payload designation
- UFO F2
- Other names
- USA 95:C
- International designator
- 1993-056A
- NORAD catalog number
- 22787
- GCAT identifier
- S22787
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/274
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- UFO
- Owner
- HCI
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
- Platform (bus)
- HS-601
Launch
- Date
- September 3, 1993 · 11:17 UTC
- Launch record
- 1993-056Success
- Rocket
- Atlas I
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC36B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/I
- Perigee
- 35,129 km
- Apogee
- 36,444 km
- Inclination
- 5.09°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
Size
- Mass
- 2,840 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,000 kg
- Length
- 4.0 m
- Diameter
- 3.00 m
- Span
- 18.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q111499220 (CC0).