Communications
THURAYA-2
OperationalCommunicationsGEO
Relays voice, data, internet or broadcast signals between points on Earth.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 10, 2003 at 01:55 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Sea Launch (Odyssey, Pacific)
- Launched by
- Zenit 3SL →
- Operator
- Sea Launch
- Mission
- Thuraya 2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,800 km
- Periapsis
- 35,773 km
- Inclination
- 8.83°
- Orbital period
- 1436.09 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Thuraya Satellite Communications
- Manufacturer
- Hughes Space and Communications Co.
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 5,250 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,200 kg
- Power
- 11,000 W
- Design lifetime
- 12 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2003-026A
- NORAD catalog №
- 27825
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United Arab Emirates- Radar cross-section
- 10.0237 m²
- Status
- Operational