Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
Orbits are real (live SGP4) — press play to sweep the deployed group forward along their planes. Ascent path is a representation; true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Lockheed Martin
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
GSO
Mission type
Communications
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Tue, 19 Jun 2001 04:41:02 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4478 ever
Mission
The ICO-2 satellite was launched by British New ICO (formerly ICO Global Communications) to provide mobile communications and data/Internet services at S-band, supporting 4500 simultaneous calls.
Deployed payloads · 1