Payload
SUPERBIRD-B2
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
SUPERBIRD-B2 is a Japan payload satellite, launched on February 18, 2000 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- February 18, 2000 at 01:04 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 44LP →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Superbird B2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,248 km
- Periapsis
- 36,132 km
- Inclination
- 8.28°
- Orbital period
- 1456.74 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Japan
- Launch mass
- 4,057 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2000-012A
- NORAD catalog №
- 26095
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Japan- Radar cross-section
- 25.1189 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational