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H2Sat

Also known as Heinrich Hertz

active

Identification

Position1° E (0.7° E)
NORAD / COSPAR57213 / 2023-093A
OperatorGerman Aerospace Center (DLR)
OrbitGEO

Hardware

ManufacturerOHB System GMBH
ModelSmallGEO (Luxor) bus
Mass3408 kg

Launch

Launch siteGuiana Space Center
Launch vehicleAriane 5 ECA

Beacons

2285.97310951 RHCP10953.5 V20199.7 LHCP

Comment

In accordance with the German space strategy the Heinrich-Hertz mission shall achieve the following goals: Maintaining and developing key skills of German payload and platform technologies for geostationary communication satellites; Securing and strengthening system capability for payloads of geostationary communications satellites; Demonstration of scientific/technical communication experiments including new ground technologies; Maintaining and expanding the system capability for small geostationary communication satellites in an independent German Mission; Provision of satellite transponder capacity for the tasks of the German Ministry of Defense.

Lifetime
05 Jul 2023Launched
15 yrDesign life
3.2 yrElapsed
11.8 yrRemaining
Jul 2038End of life
Within design lifetime
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