Telecom 2A

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General

Designation	21813 / 91084A
Launch date	16 Dec 1991
Country of origin	France
Mission	Telecommunications
Geostationary orbit	see below
Launch vehicle	Ariane V48

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Location

Begin	End	Position
L: 16 Dec 1991	Apr 1992 (tests)	3°E
Apr 1992	Oct 2001	8°W
Nov 2001	Oct 2005	3°E, inclined

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End of life

Out of service	Oct 2005
Cause	Moved to the junk orbit

Tested from Mulhouse in Ku-band, Pleumeur Bodou in C-band and from Southern France in X-band. It entered service for the Olympic Games and then it was re-tested in eclipse period. Finaly it was positioned in 8°W

In Jul 1999 the satellite was incorporated in the Eutelsat fleet. The partnership between France Telecom and Eutelsat will last till the end of the nominal lifetime of the satellite, anticipated in 2004. This agreement will enable Eutelsat to take over the 11 Ku-band transponders of the satellite.

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External resources

sat-index articles

Technical data

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Lyngsat transponder loading

Specifications
C-band
X-band
Ku-band

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EIRP coverage (dBW)

C-band
Ku-band

Beacons: 3.816 GHz RHCP, 12.5005 GHz V, 12.5025 GHZ H

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