Anik A2 (Telesat-2), Canada's second domestic geostationary communications satellite for Telesat, providing telephone and television coverage. Delta 1914 from Cape Canaveral SLC-17B lofted the Hughes HS-333 craft on 20 April 1973 into GSO, where it served nearly a decade.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GSO
- Geosynchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 544 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 2 Delta 1914 flights
- Date and time
- 20 April 1973, 23:47 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta 1914
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1973-023
- Launches in 1973
- 23rd of 116
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