Satellites

Payload

NAHUEL I2 (ANIK C2)

NonoperationalPayloadGEO

NAHUEL I2 (ANIK C2) is a Argentina payload satellite, launched on June 18, 1983 into GEO.

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Launch

Launch date
June 18, 1983 at 11:33 AM UTC
Launch site
Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
Operator
Rockwell International
Mission
STS-7

Orbit

Orbit regime
GEO
Apoapsis
36,270 km
Periapsis
35,953 km
Inclination
12.91°
Orbital period
1452.73 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Argentina
Launch mass
540.14 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1983-059B
NORAD catalog №
14133
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
ArgentinaArgentina
Radar cross-section
2.1865 m²
Status
Nonoperational

End of mission

Fate
No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
Final status
Nonoperational

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