Tempo 2 Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
8 Mar 1997, 6:01am
UTC
Pad
Launch Complex 36A
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
Tempo 2
Mission Type
Communications
Destination
Geostationary Orbit
The Tempo 1 and 2 satellites can transmit more than 200 channels of high-fidelity broadcast programming to cable companies and home dishes. Tempo has twice the power and capacity of comparable satellites. It features 32 high-powered Ku-band transponders at 115 Watts, switchable to 16 transpondersders at 220 Watts. Total on-board transmitter power totals 3500 Watts.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:58pm UTC
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