Intelsat 2 Credit - Intelsat

The Intelsat 2 series expanded ITSO coverage to include 2/3 of the Earth's surface. Intelsat 2A was never operationally useful due to a bad orbit, Intelsat 2B lasted for 2 years, and Intelsat 2C and 2D lasted for 3.5 years each. Spacecraft: Spin stabilized. Payload: Two transponders. Multiple access.240 voice circuits or one TV channel.

Design Life: 3 years. Length: 1.42 m (4.65 ft). Maximum Diameter: 0.67 m (2.19 ft). Mass: 192 kg (423 lb). Associated Launch Vehicle: Delta E.

• 1966 October 26 - Intelsat 2 F-1 - Program: Intelsat. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Delta E. FAILURE: Partial Failure. Mass: 140 kg (300 lb). Perigee: 3,328 km (2,067 mi). Apogee: 37,070 km (23,030 mi). Inclination: 17.30 deg. Period: 718.70 min.

  Unusable orbit due to AKM failure. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

• 1967 January 11 - Intelsat 2 F-2 - Program: Intelsat. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Delta E. Mass: 87 kg (191 lb). Perigee: 35,769 km (22,225 mi). Apogee: 35,808 km (22,250 mi). Inclination: 1.60 deg. Period: 1,436.20 min.

  Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C). Positioned in geosynchronous orbit over the Pacific Ocean at 174 deg E in 1967-1969; over the Pacific Ocean 162-170 deg E in 1969-1970; over the Pacific Ocean 150-160 deg E in 1970-1975 As of 7 August 2001 located at 48.66 deg E drifting at 0.413 deg W per day. As of 2007 Mar 8 located at 63.48W drifting at 0.357W degrees per day.

• 1967 March 23 - Intelsat 2 F-3 - Program: Intelsat. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Delta E. Mass: 192 kg (423 lb). Perigee: 35,670 km (22,160 mi). Apogee: 35,899 km (22,306 mi). Inclination: 12.50 deg. Period: 1,436.00 min.

  Positioned in geosynchronous orbit over the Atlantic Ocean at 15 deg W in 1967-1971; over the Atlantic Ocean at 35 deg W in 1972; over the Atlantic Ocean at 15 deg W in 1973. As of 22 August 2001 was at 6.75 deg W drifting at 0.037 deg W per day. As of 2005 Dec 5 located at 13.34E drifting at 0.188W degrees per day. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).

• 1967 September 28 - Intelsat 2 F-4 - Program: Intelsat. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Vehicle: Delta E. Mass: 87 kg (191 lb). Perigee: 35,729 km (22,200 mi). Apogee: 35,885 km (22,297 mi). Inclination: 13.00 deg. Period: 1,437.10 min.

  Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C). Positioned in geosynchronous orbit over the Pacific Ocean at 176 deg E in 1967-1970; over the Pacific Ocean 166 deg W in 1971; over the Atlantic Ocean 30-42 deg W in 1972 As of 1 August 2001 located at 36.36 deg W drifting at 0.096 deg E per day. As of 2007 Mar 7 located at 168.68W drifting at 0.093W degrees per day.

• McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page, Harvard University, 1997-present. Jonathan McDowell's complete on-line listing of all objects orbited and over 20,000 rocket launches Accessed at: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.

• NASA Report, Baker-Nunn photography of the Intelsat 2-F2 apogee-motor firing, . Accessed at: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19670019437_1967019437.pdf. -right click to download pdfs!

• McDowell, Jonathan, Launch Log, October 1998. Jonathan McDowell's complete on-line listing of all objects orbited since Sputnik. Accessed at: http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/space/log/launch.html.

• USAF Satellite Database, USAF Institute of Technology, 1995. Accessed at: ftp://archive.afit.af.mil/pub/space/.

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• Krebs, Gunter, Gunter's Space Page, University of Frankfurt, 1996. Accessed at: http://www.skyrocket.de/space.