Koreasat 2

Also called Mugunghwa Ee Ho, later ABS 1A

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General

Designation	23768 / 96003A
Launch date	14 Jan 1996
Country of origin	South Korea
Mission	Telecommunications
Geostationary orbit	see below
Launch vehicle	Delta 2 #231
Mass at launch	1608 kg

Experienced a 90-minute outage on 14 Sep 2005 due to a pointing anomaly.

In July 2009, the satellite was sold to Asia Broadcast Satellite to be moved to 75°E and renamed ABS 1A. Has remaining fuel until 2012 at least.

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Location

Begin	End	Position
L: 14 Jan 1996	May 2000	116°E
Jun 2000	Nov 2006	113°E
Nov 2006	Jan 2007	114°E
Feb 2007	Aug 2009	116°E, inclined
Sep 2009	Jan 2014	75°E, inclined
Jan 2014	Jan 2015	78°E, inclined
Feb 2015	Jun 2015	67.1°E, inclined

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End of life

Out of service	Jun 2015
Cause	End of life

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Technical data

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Lyngsat transponder loading

Specifications
Ku-band (telecom)
Ku-band (DBS)

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EIRP coverage (dBW)

Telecom
DBS

G/T coverage (dB/K)

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