Spaceway 2 is an Indonesian triaxially-stabilized geostationary telecommunications satellite that was launched by an Ariane-5 ECA rocket from Kourou at 23:46 UT on 16 November 2005. The 1.9 tonne, satellite carries 24 C-band transponders and spot-beams to provide high-speed communications for Internet, data, voice, and video services to Indonesia, after parking over 118 deg-E longitude.

Alternate Names

Telcom 2

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2013-04-19
Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-2.1a
Launch Site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan
Mass: 1.0 kg