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Ciel 2 (NORAD 33453) is a commercial broadcast communications satellite owned by Canadian Ciel Satellite Group.[2] It was launched on December 10, 2008 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan by an ILS Proton-M/Breeze-M vehicle. The satellite is built by Thales Alenia Space and is based on Spacebus-4000C4 bus. It is the largest Spacebus class satellite built to date (5561 kg). Operating from 129° West geostationary orbit position, its 32 K_u band transponders will deliver high-definition and other TV services throughout North America. The satellite delivers multiple independent spot beams in K_u band.

Ciel-2

Mission type	Communications
Operator	Ciel Satellite Group
COSPAR ID	2008-063A
SATCAT no.	33453
Mission duration	16 years (design life)
Spacecraft properties
Bus	Spacebus 4000C4
Manufacturer	Thales Alenia Space
Launch mass	5,561 kilograms (12,260 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	10 December 2008, 13:43 (2008-12-10UTC13:43Z) UTC
Rocket	Proton-M/Briz M
Launch site	Baikonur 200/39
Contractor	International Launch Services
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Geostationary
Longitude	129° west
Perigee altitude	35,782 kilometres (22,234 mi)[1]
Apogee altitude	35,802 kilometres (22,246 mi)[1]
Inclination	0.04 degrees[1]
Period	1436.08 minutes[1]
Epoch	25 January 2015, 05:14:56 UTC[1]
Transponders
Band	32 Ku band
Coverage area	North America

Dish Network has decided to spot beam local affiliates of major networks instead of offering them on CONUS as was previously done on Echostar 5.

References

External links

• ILS website mission control
• Thales Alenia Space^{[permanent dead link]} press release
• Ciel-2 footprints at Satbeams

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[de] Ciel 2

Ciel 2 ist der zweite Kommunikationssatellit der kanadischen Ciel Satellite Group.

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- [en] Ciel-2

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