Formerly known as SATCOMBw-1 COMSATBw = COmmunications SATellite für BundesWehr.
Launch data:
Designation
35943 / 09054B
Launch date
01 Oct 2009 - 21:59 UT
Launch site
Ko, ELA-3
Launch vehicle
Ariane-5ECA
Mission
Military: Communications
Geostationary orbit:
Perigee / Apogee
35773 x 35799 km
Eccentricity
3.08E-04
Inclination
0.05 deg
Period
1436.1 min
Spacecraft data:
Prime contractor
Thales Alenia Space (France/Italy)
Platform
Spacebus 3000B2
Operator
IT-AMTBw (Armed Forces)
Mass at launch
2440 kg
Dry Mass
1040 kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
3500 W
Design lifetime
15 yrs - still active
Location:
Date
Position
Remarks
Jan 2010
63.00° E
Mission details:
Germany's first military communications satellite.
COMSATBw-1 (formerly known as SATCOMBw-1) is a Thales Alenia/Cannes Spacebus 3000B2 satellite for German
military communications. (Prime contractor for the space segment is EADS Astrium but Thales built the
satellite.) The project is managed by IT-AMTBw (Bundesamt fur Informationsmanagement und informationstechnik
der Bundeswehr), the federal bureau for information technology of the German armed forces (Bundeswehr).
It is also known as GMS-2A (possibly for German Military Satellite?)
The satellites entered a 265 x 35801 km x 2.9 deg transfer orbit.