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 |