Communications
VIASAT-2
OperationalCommunicationsGEO
Relays voice, data, internet or broadcast signals between points on Earth.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 1, 2017 at 11:45 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- ViaSat-2 & EUTELSAT 172B
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,787 km
- Periapsis
- 35,787 km
- Inclination
- 0.02°
- Orbital period
- 1436.12 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- ViaSat, Inc.
- Manufacturer
- Boeing Satellite Systems
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 6,418 kg
- Design lifetime
- 14 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2017-029A
- NORAD catalog №
- 42740
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational
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