Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
ST-2 is a telecommunications satellite made by Mitsubishi Electric. It was launched on May 20 2011 atop an Ariane 5 ECA rocket from ESA’s Guiana Space Centre in a dual-launch mission with GSAT-8. aST-2 is a replacement for the ST-1 satellite. It is built around the DS2000 spacecraft bus. It is in geosynchronous orbit at 88 deg. East and is operated by the ST-2 Satellite Ventures joint company of Singapore Telecommunications(SingTel) and Chunghwa Telecom.