Payload
ABS-2
Partially operationalPayloadGEO
ABS-2 is a Asia Broadcast Satellite Ltd. payload satellite, launched on February 6, 2014 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- February 6, 2014 at 09:30 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- ABS-2 & Athena-Fidus
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,803 km
- Periapsis
- 35,771 km
- Inclination
- 0.04°
- Orbital period
- 1436.11 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Asia Broadcast Satellite Ltd.
- Manufacturer
- Space Systems/Loral
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 6,330 kg
- Power
- 16,000 W
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2014-006A
- NORAD catalog №
- 39508
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
- Asia Broadcast Satellite
- Radar cross-section
- 0.3533 m²
- Status
- Partially operational
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