Türksat 2A, a.k.a. Eurasiasat 1, was a Turkish
communications satellite as part of a project to form an instant network with two
geosynchronous satellites that is supervised by the companies
Türksat A.Ş. in Turkey and
Eurasiasat SAM in
Monaco.
Türksat 2A was launched by
Arianespace atop an
Ariane-44P H10-3 launch vehicle on January 10, 2001, at 21:39
UTC from
ELA-2 at the
Guiana Space Centre in
Kourou,
French Guiana. The spacecraft was successfully placed into
geostationary transfer orbit
A geosynchronous transfer orbit or geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) is a type of geocentric orbit. Satellite, Satellites that are destined for geosynchronous orbit, geosynchronous (GSO) or geostationary orbit (GEO) are (almost) always put into ...
and then shifted to
42°E position, co-locating with
Türksat 1C, which was launched in 1996. Its broadcast traffic entered service on February 1, 2001.
Turksat 2A was designed for covering Europe, Turkey on west spot and Turkey and Central Asia including
Middle East and Russia on east spot so as to serve simultaneously within that region, and to provide direct connection between Europe and Central Asia. It is based on the
Alcatel Spacebus 3000B3 series having an on-orbit mass of with 9,200 W power.
The communications payload consists of 36
Ku band transponders consisting of 22 pieces of 33 MHz fixed beam transponders and 10 transponders of 36 MHz bandwidth with two additional steerable beams.
See also
*
Türksat (satellite)
Türksat is the name of a series of Turkish communications satellites operated or projected by the state-owned Türksat A.Ş.
Satellite telecommunication is provided by the Gölbaşı Ground Station in Ankara, Turkey.
Missions
Satellite ...
References
Communications satellites of Turkey
Spacecraft launched in 2001
Communications satellites in geostationary orbit
Turksat 2A Turksat may refer to:
* Türksat (company)
* Türksat (satellite)
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