Orbcomm FM 2

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General

Designation	23546 / 95017B
Launch date	3 Apr 1995 at 13:48 UT
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Telecommunications
Perigee/Apogee	727/756 km
Inclination	70°
Period
Launch vehicle	Pegasus #8
Launch site	Vandenberg

The uplink antenna was malfunctionning after launch and the satellite didn't receive any signals from the ground station. After a month the problems appeared to be solved.

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External resources

sat-index articles

Technical data

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Specifications

Plane F
Main downlink: 137.460 MHz

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