Payload
BRASILSAT B2
NonoperationalPayloadGEONORAD 23536
BRASILSAT B2 is a Brazil payload satellite, launched on March 28, 1995 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- March 28, 1995 at 11:14 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 44LP →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Brasilsat B2 & Hotbird 1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,086 km
- Periapsis
- 36,073 km
- Inclination
- 12.11°
- Orbital period
- 1451.09 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Brazil
- Launch mass
- 1,042.62 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø3.6 × 8.4 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1995-016A
- NORAD catalog №
- 23536
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Brazil- Radar cross-section
- 7.8412 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational