Healthsat-2, later WavSat-1, was a store-and-forward communications microsatellite. As part of the HealthNet constellation operated by SatelLife, it provided communication services between health programs in developing nations and healthcare systems in developed nations.[1][2] In 1993, it provided communications to CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent while it was in the Northwest passage, reported as the first use of Low Earth Orbit communications near the North Pole.[3] Operations were transferred to satellite communications company Wavix, which continued operating the satellite as WavSat-1.[2]

Healthsat 2

Mission type	Communication
Operator	SatelLife, Wavix
COSPAR ID	1993-061E
SATCAT no.	22827
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Microsat-70
Manufacturer	SSTL
Start of mission
Launch date	26 September 1993, 01:45 UTC
Rocket	Ariane-40 V59
Launch site	Kourou ELA-2
Contractor	Arianespace
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	LEO
Perigee altitude	797 kilometres (495 mi)
Apogee altitude	821 kilometres (510 mi)
Inclination	98.6º
Period	100.8 minutes

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