GE-2

 1997-002A

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GE 2 was launched by an Ariane 44L in Jan 1997. It was mounted on a Mini-Spelda above Nahuel 1A , the combined payload of 4900 kg a record for Ariane. The satellite, built at East Windsor, was owned by GE American Communications Inc. Launch mass was 2649 kg, BOL mass 1454 kg, dry mass 1310 kg. The spacecraft was 1.83 x 1.85 x 2.64m in size with a 22m solar panel span and two dish antennae.

GE 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1997 Jan 30	2204	Launch by Ariane 44L	CSG ELA2
	2206	Stage 1 sep
	2208	Fairing 01 sep T+4:17
	2209	Stage 2 sep T+5:43
	2222	Stage 3 cutoff T+18:45	210 x 35800 x 7.0
	2224	GE 2 sep	637.0 241 x 36049 x 7.5
1997 Jan 31			637.12 244 x 36052 x 7.5
	1330?	LAM1
1997 Feb 1			703.20 3813 x 35820 x 4.6
1997 Feb 2	0130?	LAM2
			1132.55 23402 x 35822 x 0.7
1997 Feb 3	1440?	LAM3
1997 Feb 5			1435.90 35741 x 35824 x 0.1 GEO 82.3W
1997 Feb 20			1436.13 35780 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 82.5W
1997 Mar		Move to 85W
1997 Mar 23			1436.13 35779 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 85.0W
1999 Oct 15			1436.11 35778 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 84.9W
2003 Jul 13		mv out	GEO 86W
2003 Jul 28		mv in	GEO 105W
2003 Sep 27			1436.09 35778 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 105.0W
2005 Jun 2			1436.13 35785 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 105.0W
2005 Jun 29		move out from 105W
2005 Aug 2		move in at 85W
2006 Aug 4			1436.10 35774 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 85.0W
2008 Feb 15			1436.10 35780 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 85.1W
2008 Feb 25		Move out
2008 Mar 19		Move in at 101W	1436.11 35775 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 101.1W
2010 Jun 21		Move out	GEO 101W
2010 Jul 15		Move in at 79W
2010 Aug 23			1436.09 35779 x 35792 x 0.1 GEO 79.0W
2011 Oct 26			1436.11 35774 x 35799 x 0.1 GEO 78.9W
2011 Oct 28		Move out from 79W to 5E
2011 Nov 5			1432.45 35704 x 35726 x 0.1
2012 Jan 24			1432.68 35696 x 35742 x 0.3 GEO 0.6E+0.85E/d
2012 Feb 1		Move in at 5E	1436.09 35776 x 35797 x 0.3 GEO 4.9E
2012 Jul 30			1436.09 35767 x 35804 x 0.7 GEO 5.0E
2012 Jul 30		Move out
2012 Aug 26		Move in at 19E	1436.03 357675 x 35805 x 0.8 GEO 19.1E
2013 Apr 10			1435.95 35764 x 35803 x 1.3 GEO 19.0E