COMSATBw-2

Spacecraft n°:

German spacecraft n°: 62

Launch data: Designation  36582 / 10021B Launch date  21 May 2010 - 22:01 UT Launch site  Ko, ELA-3 Launch vehicle  Ariane-5ECA (vehicle: L551 - n°V194) Mission  Military: Communication Geostationary orbit on May 31.92: Perigee / Apogee  35780 x 35793 km Eccentricity  0.0002 Inclination  0.08 deg Period  1436.10 min

Mission details:

• Arianespace launched Ariane 5ECA vehicle L551 on May 21. Flight number V194 placed the Astra 3B and ComsatBw-2 communications satellites in transfer orbit. The L551 core stage reached a -971 x 173 km x 6.5 deg suborbital path and the ESC-A stage put the satellites in a 263 x 35764 km x 3.0 deg transfer orbit.
• The smaller COMSATBw-2 (launch mass 2440 kg, dry 1040 kg) is a TAS-F Spacebus 3000B2 satellite with SHF, UHF and Ku-band communications systems for the Bundeswehr (German armed forces).