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