Anik E2

Also called Telesat 10, S2597

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General

Designation	21222 / 91026A
Launch date	5 Apr 1991
Country of origin	Canada
Mission	Telecommunications
Geostationary orbit	see below
Launch vehicle	Ariane V43

After Anik E1's incident, this satellite run out of control January 20th, 1994 at 21:00 local time after a magnetic storm. It distroyed the on-board stabilization system. To face this problem, Telesat has built a system that calculates and orders the satellite's movements from an Earth station.
This satellite was already victim of technical problems after launch to position its antennas.

On 30 Jul 1999 the satellite experienced another failure. Signals nearly disappeared at approx 20:00 UT and lasted a few hours. The reported cause was a severe magnetic storm.

In 2005, it secured the Venezuelan slot at 67°W before an actual Andesat satellite is launched. A Chinese DFH-4 satellite should be ordered.

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Location

Begin	End	Position
L: 5 Apr 1991	Feb 2001	107.3°W
Mar 2001	Jul 2003	111.1°W
Jul 2003	Apr 2005	118.7°W, inclined
Jun 2005	Sep 2005	67°W, inclined
Oct 2005	Nov 2005	81°W, inclined (PPsat 1 for Argentina to save the slot)

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End of life

Out of service	Nov 2005
Cause	Moved to the junk orbit

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External resources

sat-index articles

Technical data

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EIRP coverage (dBW)

C-band
Ku-band National beam

Specifications
C-band
C-band transponder frequency chart
Ku-band transponder frequency chart

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Ku-band

Main transponders	16
Backup transponders	2
Power	50 W (TWTA)
Bandwidth	54 MHz
Coverage	West, East, North, and Extended cross-border beams The National beam is a combination of those beams
EIRP max	51 dBW
G/T max
Polarization	linear

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