HYLAS 2

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{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = HYLAS 2

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| mission_type = Communication{{cite web|title=HYLAS2|url=http://www.orbital.com/newsinfo/publications/HYLAS2_Fact.pdf}}

| operator = Avanti Communications

| website =

| COSPAR_ID = 2012-043B

| SATCAT =

| mission_duration = 15 years

| spacecraft_bus = STAR-2

| manufacturer = Orbital Sciences Corporation

| dry_mass =

| launch_mass = {{convert|3325|kg}}

| power = 5 KW{{cite web |url=http://www.avantiplc.com/hylas2/hylas2_productsheet.pdf |title=HYLAS 2 Product Sheet |date=10 August 2012 |work=datasheet |publisher=Avanti Communications Group plc |access-date=3 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130810155617/http://www.avantiplc.com/hylas2/hylas2_productsheet.pdf |archive-date=10 August 2013 }}

| launch_date = {{start-date|2 August 2012}}

| launch_rocket = Ariane 5ECA

| launch_site = Kourou ELA-3

| launch_contractor = Arianespace

| entered_service =

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| orbit_epoch =

| orbit_reference = Geocentric

| orbit_regime = Geostationary

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| orbit_longitude = 31.0° East

| orbit_slot =

| apsis = gee

| trans_band = 24 + 6 {{Ka band}} (NATO K band)

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HYLAS 2 is a geostationary High throughput satellite operated by Avanti Communications. HYLAS, an acronym for Highly Adaptable Satellite, was launched on Ariane 5 from Guyana Space Centre at Kourou, French Guiana, on 2 August 2012.