Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)

Marcopolo 2

Success US Air Force, Delta II 6925

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Mission

Communications · Direct-GEO

British geostationary communications satellite

What it put in orbit

ObjectTypeOrbit
THOR I (MARCOPOLO 2) 1990-074A Payload 36061 × 36116 km · 14.6° Globe
DELTA 2 R/B 1990-074B Rocket body 448 × 908 km · 24.8° Globe
MARCOPOLO 2 R/B [PAM-D] 1990-074C Rocket body 492 × 36895 km · 20.7° Globe

COSPAR ID 1990-074 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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