''ST-2'' is a

telecommunications satellite A communications satellite is an artificial satellite that relays and amplifies radio telecommunication signals via a transponder; it creates a communication channel between a source transmitter and a receiver at different locations on Earth. C ...

made by Mitsubishi Electric. It was launched on May 20, 2011 atop an Ariane 5 ECA rocket from

ESA , owners = , headquarters = Paris, Île-de-France, France , coordinates = , spaceport = Guiana Space Centre , seal = File:ESA emblem seal.png , seal_size = 130px , image = Views in the Main Control Room (120 ...

Guiana Space Centre The Guiana Space Centre (french: links=no, Centre spatial guyanais; CSG), also called Europe's Spaceport, is a European spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, a region of France in South America. Kourou is located approximatel ...

in a dual-launch mission with

GSAT-8 GSAT-8 or INSAT-4G is communication satellite. It was constructed by the Indian Space Research Organisation, as part of INSAT system. GSAT-8 was launched on May 21, 2011, from Kourou, French Guiana. The rocket, an Ariane 5 was the carrier, marke ...

. a ST-2 is a replacement for the

ST-1 ST-1 is a communications satellite owned by Singapore Telecom and Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom Company, Ltd. It was placed launched on 25 August 1998, by an Ariane 4 rocket. The two companies jointly operate the spacecraft from control centres loc ...

satellite. It is built around the DS2000 spacecraft bus. It is in

geosynchronous A geosynchronous orbit (sometimes abbreviated GSO) is an Earth-centered orbit with an orbital period that matches Earth's rotation on its axis, 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds (one sidereal day). The synchronization of rotation and orbital ...

orbit at 88 deg. East, and is operated by the ST-2 Satellite Ventures joint company of

Singapore Telecommunications Singapore Telecommunications Limited, commonly known as Singtel, is a Singaporean telecommunications conglomerate and one of the four major telcos operating in the country. The company is the largest mobile network operator in Singapore with ...

(SingTel) and

Chunghwa Telecom Chunghwa Telecom Company, Ltd. () (, ) is the largest integrated telecom service provider in Taiwan, and the incumbent local exchange carrier of PSTN, Mobile, and broadband services in the country. History Chunghwa Telecom was founded as ...

. It provides relay services over the Middle East, Central Asia, India and Southeast Asia.

References

External links

* http://www.arianespace.com/press-release/arianespace-launch-for-asia-and-india-st-2-and-gsat-8-satellites-in-orbit/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20120418171506/http://business.singtel.com/satellite/st2/about-st2.asp * http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Mitsubishi_Electric_Puts_ST2_Satellite_into_Orbit_999.html Spacecraft launched in 2011 Communications satellites in geostationary orbit Satellites using the DS2000 bus Ariane commercial payloads Singapore–Taiwan relations {{spacecraft-stub