United States Air ForceAtlas IIALaunch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
DirecTV 2
Launched
August 3, 1994
Image: Department of Defense
Summary
DirecTV 2 launched on an United States Air Force Atlas IIA from Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on August 3, 1994. It was United States Air Force's 941st launch, 7th this year and humanity's 3,918th orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Atlas IIA flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). DirecTV 2, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 218 × 39,466 km orbit inclined 26.9°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Atlas IIA · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 2nd Atlas IIA flight · 1st this yearUnited States Air Force's 941st launch7th this yearhumanity's 3,918th orbital launch attempt50th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
DirecTV 2 · NORAD 23192 · 1994-047 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- DIRECTV 2 (DBS 2)
- Object ID
- 1994-047A
- Epoch
- 1994-08-03 18:50:51 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.04564765 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7486357
- Inclination
- 26.9129°
- Ascending node
- 132.4773°
- Arg. of perigee
- 177.8735°
- Mean anomaly
- 190.8021°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- -0.021963
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage
- DirecTV 2 · NORAD 23192
Centaur AC-107 · re-entered April 22, 1998
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
DirecTV 2 is a high-powered satellites built by Hughes Space and Communications Company (HSC) which began bringing true direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service to homes throughout North America in 1994.
Pad
Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
36th launch from Launch Complex 36A, 1st this year · 485th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
71 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
248 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did DirecTV 2 launch?
DirecTV 2 launched on August 3, 1994. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch DirecTV 2?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched DirecTV 2?
Atlas IIA, flown by United States Air Force. Atlas IIA spec sheet
Where did DirecTV 2 launch from?
Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did DirecTV 2 reach?
DirecTV 2, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 218 × 39,466 km orbit inclined 26.9°.
How many satellites did DirecTV 2 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).