Status
Launch was a Partial Failure
Upper stage under-performance left payloads in MEO. Artemis was able to climb to GEO over time with operational propellant, BSAT-2b couldn't compensate and was abandoned.
Description
Artemis is a geostationary earth orbit satellite for a ESA data relay satellite, it operates at the 21.5 degrees East. BSAT-2b is a geostationary, commercial communications satellite used for direct television broadcasting across Japan.
Details
Type
Communications
Orbit
Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
Location
Unknown
Date
Thu, Jul 12, 2001, 21:58
Weather
Pro