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ViaSat-2
Communications satellite. ViaSat-2 was launched on June 1, 2017 aboard a Ariane 5ECA from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2017-029ANORAD 42740United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- ViaSat-2
- International designator
- 2017-029A
- NORAD catalog number
- 42740
- GCAT identifier
- S42740
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/831
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Viasat
- Owner
- ViaSat
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Boeing Satellite Development Center, El Segundo
- Platform (bus)
- BSS-702HP
Launch
- Date
- June 1, 2017 · 23:45 UTC
- Launch record
- 2017-029Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5ECA
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/NS
- Perigee
- 21,225 km
- Apogee
- 50,315 km
- Inclination
- 0.27°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 25, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 6,418 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,500 kg
- Length
- 6.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 34.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q20715124 (CC0).