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Space commemorative cover
or Space Cover.
Cosmodrom : USA
Date of Cancellation: May 11, 1978
Printed: 2500 units
Kind of Event : Launch
Launch pad : USA KSC (FL)
habité?/manned?: robot
Mission type : Telecommunications
ou?/where?: au sol - ground
autographe?: non - noneDescription : Cap Canaveral post stamp, OTS 2 satellite and europeans flags..
OTS 2 (Orbital Test Satellite 2) was an experimental satellite inherited by ESA in 1975 from its predecessor, the European Space Research Organization (ESRO). The first of the pair of OTS satellites was lost at launch in September 1977. OTS 2 became one the the first GEO communications satellites to carry six Ku-band (14/11 GHz) transponders and was capable of handling 7,200 telephone circuits.
It completed its primary mission in 1984 after which the spacecraft was involved in a 6-year program of experiments, including the testing of a new attitude control technique taking advantage of solar wind forces. In January 1991, OTS 2 was moved out of the geostationary ring and into a graveyard orbit. Keyword(s) :
#ESA,
#Flags,
#Planet,
#Satellite,
#Telecommunications, This is OUTSIDE of a Space Revue. Last modified: 05/07/2015 @ 13h50
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