| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Telstar 12 (Orion 2) |
| Country of Operator/Owner | Multinational |
| Operator/Owner | Eutelsat -- leased from Loral Skynet Satellite Services (Loral Global Alliance) |
| Users | Commercial |
| Purpose | Communications |
| Class of Orbit | GEO |
| Type of Orbit | |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | -14.99 |
| Perigee (km) | 35773 |
| Apogee (km) | 35799 |
| Eccentricity | 0.000308378404023152 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 0.05 |
| Period (minutes) | 1436.09 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 3878 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | 1900 |
| Power (watts) | 10600 |
| Date of Launch | 19-10-1999 |
| Expected Lifetime | 13 yrs. |
| Contractor | Space Systems/Loral |
| Country of Contractor | USA |
| Launch Site | Guiana Space Center |
| Launch Vehicle | Ariane 44LP |
| COSPAR Number | 1999-059A |
| NORAD Number | 25949 |
| Comments | Voice and video communications to the Americas, Europe, and Africa |