| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Thuraya 2 |
| Country of Operator/Owner | United Arab Emirates |
| Operator/Owner | Thuraya Satellite Communications |
| Users | Commercial |
| Purpose | Communications |
| Class of Orbit | GEO |
| Type of Orbit | |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | 44.13 |
| Perigee (km) | 35764 |
| Apogee (km) | 35807 |
| Eccentricity | 0.00051001648657945 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 2.99 |
| Period (minutes) | 1436.07 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 5250 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | 3200 |
| Power (watts) | 11000 |
| Date of Launch | 10-06-2003 |
| Expected Lifetime | 12 yrs. |
| Contractor | Hughes Space and Communications Group |
| Country of Contractor | USA |
| Launch Site | Sea Launch (Odyssey) |
| Launch Vehicle | Zenit 3SL |
| COSPAR Number | 2003-026A |
| NORAD Number | 27825 |
| Comments | Capacity for 13,750 simultaneous calls; voice, fax, data transmissions from/to mobile telephones; Middle East, North and Central Africa, Europe, Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent. |