Launch data:
| Designation | 16650 / 86026B |
| Launch date | 28 Mar 1986 |
| Launch site | Ko, ELA-2 |
| Launch vehicle: | Ariane-3 (V17) |
| Mission | Communications |
| Geostationary orbit: | |
Brasilsat A2 |
Brazil |
Spacecraft n°: |
Brazilian spacecraft n°: 2 |
Launch data:
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| Prime manufactor | Spar Aerospace (prime), Hughes (bus) |
| Platform | HS-376 |
| Operator | EMBRATEL |
| Mass at launch | 1195 kg |
| Dry Mass | kg |
| Basic shape | |
| Dimension (m) | |
| Equipment | 24 (+6) C-band transponders |
| Solar array | Solar cells (body mounted and drop-skirt) |
| Stabilization | |
| Propulsion | Star-30BP |
| DC power | |
| Design lifetime |
| Begin | End | Position |
| L: 28 Mar 1986 | 70°W | |
| late-1994 | Jun 1995 | 65°W |
| Aug 1995 | Jan 2001 | 92°W |
| drifting East |
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