Payload
ANIK A2 (TELESAT 2)
NonoperationalPayloadGEONORAD 6437
ANIK A2 (TELESAT 2) is a Canada payload satellite, launched on April 20, 1973 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- April 20, 1973 at 11:47 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta 1914 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Anik A2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,966 km
- Periapsis
- 35,873 km
- Inclination
- 6.94°
- Orbital period
- 1442.88 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Canada
- Launch mass
- 292.37 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø1.83 × 1.52 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1973-023A
- NORAD catalog №
- 6437
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Canada- Radar cross-section
- 3.144 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational