Payload
SKY MUSTER 2 (NBN1B)
OperationalPayloadGEONORAD 41794
SKY MUSTER 2 (NBN1B) is a NBN Co (operated by Optus) payload satellite, launched on October 5, 2016 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- October 5, 2016 at 08:30 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Sky Muster II (NBN-Co 1B) & GSAT-18
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,793 km
- Periapsis
- 35,782 km
- Inclination
- 0.02°
- Orbital period
- 1436.13 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 13, 2026 at 10:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- NBN Co (operated by Optus)
- Manufacturer
- Space Systems/Loral
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 6,405 kg
- Power
- 16,400 W
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
- Dimensions
- 8.5 × 3 × 3 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2016-060B
- NORAD catalog №
- 41794
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Australia- Radar cross-section
- 0.003 m²
- Status
- Operational
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