AsiaSat 2

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AsiaSat 2
Start date November 28, 1995, 11:30 UTC
Launcher CZ-2E
Launch site Xichang LA-2
COSPAR-ID : 1995-064A
Takeoff mass 3460 kg
Mass in orbit 1500 kg
Span in orbit 24 m
Manufacturer Lockheed Martin
Satellite bus AS 7000
lifespan 13 years (planned)
Stabilization Three-axis
operator AsiaSat
Playback information
Transponder 24 C-band (+6 reserve)
9 Ku-band (+3 reserve)
Transponder performance 55 watts (TWTA)
115 watts (TWTA)
Bandwidth 20 × 36 MHz + 4 × 72 MHz
54 MHz
EIRP 40 dBW
53 dBW
Others
Electrical power 7.1 kW
position
Actual position 100.5 ° west
List of geostationary satellites

AsiaSat 2 was a communications satellite of the Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat for short) from Hong Kong .

The satellite was with a Chinese on 28 November 1995 launch vehicle Long March 2 e from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center started from. This was also the first flight of the FG-46 upper stage. The launch was planned back in 1994 but was postponed due to a bug in the Telstar 402 satellite (which is based on the same satellite bus ). After the start of AsiaSat 5 , it will complement the satellite or replace it from 2011, when AsiaSat 2 has reached the end of its service life.

The satellite was built by Lockheed Martin Astro Space on the basis of the AS-7000 satellite bus and supplies the Asian region (especially China and neighboring countries) with television and radio programs.

Individual evidence

  1. AsiaSat 2 (tbs-satellite)
  2. AsiaSat 2 (AsiaSat) ( Memento from February 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive )