Superbird-C2
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Mission type | Communications |
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Operator | JSAT |
COSPAR ID | 2008-038A |
SATCAT № | 33274 |
Mission duration | 15 years |
Spacecraft properties | |
Bus | DS-2000 |
Manufacturer | Mitsubishi Electric |
Launch mass | 4,820 kilograms (10,630 lb) |
Dry mass | 2,018 kilograms (4,449 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 14 August 2008, 20:44 | UTC
Rocket | Ariane 5ECA V185 |
Launch site | Kourou ELA-3 |
Contractor | Arianespace |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Geostationary |
Longitude | 144° west |
Perigee | 35,789 kilometres (22,238 mi) |
Apogee | 35,796 kilometres (22,243 mi) |
Inclination | 0.00 degrees |
Period | 23.93 hours |
Epoch | 28 October 2013, 22:11:08 UTC[1] |
According to its operator, Space Communications Corporation, the deployment of Superbird 7 (to be called Superbird-C2 after launch) marks the first time a satellite operator in Japan has used a commercial satellite that was made in Japan. Superbird-C2 was manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation based on the DS2000 satellite bus.[2]
Superbird 7 was launched August 14, 2008 by an Ariane 5 carrier rocket.[3] It has a mass of 5 tonnes (11,000 lb) at launch and a design life of more than 15 years.[4]
DS-2000 satellite bus
Other satellites with the DS-2000 bus are the DRTS Kodama data relay satellite, MTSAT-2 for weather observations and the ETS-VIII experimental communication satellite.[citation needed]
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