Payload
VINASAT-2
OperationalPayloadGEO
VINASAT-2 is a Vietnamese Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) payload satellite, launched on May 15, 2012 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 15, 2012 at 10:13 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- JCSAT-13 & Vinasat-2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,797 km
- Periapsis
- 35,778 km
- Inclination
- 0.01°
- Orbital period
- 1436.13 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Vietnamese Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT)
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 2,964 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2012-023B
- NORAD catalog №
- 38332
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Vietnam- Radar cross-section
- 26.482 m²
- Status
- Operational
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