Hylas 2 at 72° W
Technical details
- Status
- active
- Orbital position
- 72° WChannel line-up at 72° W | Coverage maps
- NORAD number
- 38741
- COSPAR number
- 2012-043B
- Operator
- Avanti Communications Ltd
- Manufacturer
- Northrop Grumman
- Model
- GEOStar-2
- Launch
- 02 Aug 2012 from Guiana Space Center on Ariane 5 ECA
- Launch mass
- 3311 kg
- Dry mass
- 1532 kg
- Expected lifetime
- 15 yrs.
- Beacon
- 4198 RHCP, 4199 RHCP
- Orbit
- GEO
Beams
- Ka-band Spot03 User beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot05 User beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot17 User beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot21 User beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot22 User beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot 23 (Libya) beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot24 User beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot 25 (Iraq-Syria) beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot 26 beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot28 User beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot29 User beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot 30 (Afghanistan) beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot31 User beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot32 User beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot33 User beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot34 User beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot35 User beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot36 User beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot40 User beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot41 User beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot42 User beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot43 User beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot44 User beam (Ka band) View footprint
- Ka-band Spot45 User beam (Ka band) View footprint
About Hylas 2
24 active Ka-band user beams and six gateway beams to provide two-way communications services for high-speed delivery of data to Northern and Southern Africa, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Also equipped with a steerable spot beam which can provide coverage anywhere on Earth that is visible to the satellite.