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SBS 2 (satellite)

SBS 2
Mission typeCommunications
OperatorSBS
COSPAR ID1981-096A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.12855
Mission duration7 years design life
Spacecraft properties
BusHS-376
ManufacturerHughes Space and Communications
Launch mass550 kilograms (1,210 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date24 September 1981, 23:09 (1981-09-24UTC23:09Z) UTC
RocketDelta-3910 PAM-D
Launch siteCape Canaveral LC-17A
ContractorNASA
End of mission
DisposalDecommissioned
DeactivatedSeptember 1996 (1996-10)
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeGeostationary
Longitude117° W[1]
Eccentricity0.73679
Perigee altitude166 kilometres (103 mi)
Apogee altitude36,830 kilometres (22,890 mi)
Inclination27.7°
Period650.8 minutes
EpochSeptember 24, 1981
Transponders
Band14 Ku band

SBS 2 was a geostationary communications satellite designed and manufactured by Hughes (now Boeing) on the HS-376 platform. It was ordered by Satellite Business Systems, which later sold it to Hughes Communications. It had a Ku band payload and operated on the 117°W longitude.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference nyo-12855date20170429 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference gsp-sbs2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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