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MEASAT-2

Malaysian communications satellite
Vehicle communications_satellite Q16943272

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
communications satellite
Country
Malaysia[2]
Follows
MEASAT-1[4]
Followed by
MEASAT-3[5]
Launch date
1996-11-13
Launch vehicle
Ariane 44L
Manufacturer
Hughes Aircraft Company[6]
Mass
1,450 kg[15]
Operator
MEASAT Satellite Systems[3]
Powered by
spacecraft solar array, nickel–hydrogen battery[8][9]
Satellite of
geostationary orbit
Significant event
rocket launch[13]
Space launch vehicle
Ariane 44L[7]
Spacecraft bus
Boeing 376[12]
Start point
ELA-2[14]
Type of orbit
geostationary orbit[10]
UTC date of spacecraft launch
November 13, 1996[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en AFRICASAT-2 en MEASAT-2 hu Measat–2 pt Africasat 2
🔖 Identifiers · 5
COSPAR ID
1996-063B
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/1s061w0fv
NSSDCA ID
1996-063B
SCN
24653
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Satellite", "24653"]

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🔗 Connections
Powered by 2
nickel–hydrogen battery, spacecraft solar array
Country 1
Malaysia
Followed by 1
MEASAT-3
Followed by (predecessor) 1
MEASAT-3
Follows 1
MEASAT-1
Instance of 1
communications satellite
Manufacturer 1
Hughes Aircraft Company
Operator 1
MEASAT Satellite Systems
Preceded by (successor) 1
MEASAT-1
Significant event 1
rocket launch
Space launch vehicle 1
Ariane 44L
Spacecraft bus 1
Boeing 376
Start point 1
ELA-2
Type of orbit 1
geostationary orbit
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Summary

MEASAT-2 is a communications satellite[1].

Related Entities

Ariane 44L Boeing 376 communications satellite Malaysia MEASAT-1 MEASAT-3

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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