Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
Horizons 2 |
Country of Operator/Owner |
USA/Japan |
Operator/Owner |
Horizons 2 Satellite, LLC (Intelsat, Sky Perfect JSAT Corporation) |
Users |
Commercial |
Purpose |
Communications |
Class of Orbit |
GEO |
Type of Orbit |
|
Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
85 |
Perigee (km) |
35777 |
Apogee (km) |
35796 |
Eccentricity |
0.000225350776274121 |
Inclination (degrees) |
0 |
Period (minutes) |
1436.1 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
2300 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
|
Power (watts) |
4700 |
Date of Launch |
21-12-2007 |
Expected Lifetime |
15 yrs. |
Contractor |
Orbital Sciences Corp. |
Country of Contractor |
USA |
Launch Site |
Guiana Space Center |
Launch Vehicle |
Ariane 5 |
COSPAR Number |
2007-063B |
NORAD Number |
32388 |
Comments |
Joint venture between Intelsat and JSAT; 20 Ku-band transponders, services to the US, Canada and Japan. |