1997 · Lockheed Martin
Tempo 2
successAtlas IIA | Tempo 2
The Tempo 1 and 2 satellites can transmit more than 200 channels of high-fidelity broadcast programming to cable companies and home dishes. Tempo has twice the power and capacity of comparable satellites. It features 32 high-powered Ku-band transponders at 115 Watts, switchable to 16 transpondersders at 220 Watts. Total on-board transmitter power totals 3500 Watts.
Overview
- Date / time
- March 8, 1997 at 06:01 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 36A
- Mission
- Tempo 2
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Geostationary Orbit