Türksat 2A

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

22:09:00

Wednesday January 10, 2001

Mission Details

Launch Notes

Flight V138.

Türksat 2A

Wiki

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 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 and then shifted to a 42°E position, co-locating with Türksat 1C, which was launched in 1996. Its broadcast traffic entered service on February 1, 2001. Türksat 2A was designed for covering Europe, Turkey, and Central Asia including the Middle East and Russia as to serve simultaneously within that region, and to provide a direct connection between Europe and Central Asia. It is based on the Alcatel Spacebus 3000B3 series having an on-orbit mass of 3,530 kg (7,780 lb) 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. The satellite was retired in 2016 and was moved into a graveyard orbit above the geostationary belt.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

3,530 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Ariane 44P

Active 1991 to 2001

European Space Agency logo

Manufacturer

ESA

Rocket

Diameter: 3.8m

Height: 58.72m

Payload to Orbit

GTO: 3,460 kg

Liftoff Thrust

4,334 Kilonewtons

Stages

3

Strap-ons

4

Launch Site

ELA-2

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France

Fastest Turnaround

16 days

Stats

Ariane 4


102nd

Mission

1st

Mission of 2001

European Space Agency


126th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2001

2001


2nd

Orbital launch attempt