Communications
TELSTAR 2 (A-41)
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Telstar 2 is a defunct communications satellite launched by NASA on May 7, 1963. It remained active for 2 years. As of 2023 Telstar 2 remains in orbit.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 7, 1963 at 11:38 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Thor Delta B →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Telstar 2
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- MEO
- Apoapsis
- 10,803 km
- Periapsis
- 968 km
- Inclination
- 42.78°
- Orbital period
- 225.26 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 78.69 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1963-013A
- NORAD catalog №
- 573
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 0.476 m²
- Status
- active