Mission type | Communications |
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Operator | Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology of Angola |
COSPAR ID | 2022-131A |
SATCAT no. | 54033 |
Website | http://www.mtti.gov.ao/ |
Mission duration | 15 years (planned) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | AngoSat 2 |
Bus | Ekspress-1000 |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Launch mass | 1964 kg |
Dry mass | 263 kg |
Payload mass | 1647 kg |
Power | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries (4,400 Watts) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 12 October 2022 15:00 UTC[1] |
Rocket | Proton-M No. 93571 / Block DM-03 No. 6L |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 81/24 |
Contractor | Roscosmos |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | GEO |
Longitude | 23° E[2] |
Transponders | |
Frequency | |
AngoSat 2 is an Angolan geostationary Communications satellite[3][4] that is designed to provide telecommunications and broadcasting services to Angola and the surrounding regions.[5] It is the successor to the AngoSat 1 satellite, which was launched in 2017 but experienced technical difficulties and was declared dead and a total loss.[6] AngoSat-2 was developed to replace AngoSat-1 and to enhance Angola's communication infrastructure.