Payload
GALAXY 2 (G-2)
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
GALAXY 2 (G-2) is a United States payload satellite, launched on September 22, 1983 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- September 22, 1983 at 10:16 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta 3920/PAM →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Galaxy 2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,824 km
- Periapsis
- 35,784 km
- Inclination
- 13.62°
- Orbital period
- 1436.99 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 1,219 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1983-098A
- NORAD catalog №
- 14365
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 0.8912 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational