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SBS 2 (satellite)

SBS 2 (satellite)

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SBS 2 was a geostationary communications satellite designed and manufactured by Hughes (now Boeing) on the HS-376 platform. It was ordered by Satellite Business Systems, which later sold it to Hughes Communications. It had a Ku band payload and operated on the 117°W longitude.[2]

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The spacecraft was designed and manufactured by Hughes on the HS-376 satellite bus. It had a launch mass of 550 kg (1,210 lb), a geostationary orbit and a 7-year design life.[3]

History

On September 24, 1981, SDS 2 was finally launched by a Delta-3910 PAM-D from Cape Canaveral at 23:09 UTC.

In April 1996, SDS 2 finally decommissioned and put on a graveyard orbit.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "SBS 2". n2yo.com. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
  2. [2]
    Krebs, Gunter Dirk. "SBS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 / HGS 5 - Gunter's Space Page". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
  3. [3]
    "SBS 2". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. Retrieved 2017-04-29.

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