SAT-2

This article is about the submarine communications cable. For the human gene, see SAT2.

SAT-2 was a submarine communications cable linking Melkbosstrand, South Africa, to El Medano, Tenerife Island, Spain and Funchal, Madeira islands, Portugal. It was 9,500 kilometres long, contains 82 repeaters, operates at 560 Mbit/s and was in service from 1993 to January, 2013. It is the property of Telkom SA Ltd, Telefónica, Marconi, British Telecom, France Cables et Radio, and Deutsche Telekom.

See also

List of international submarine communications cables

Individual cable systems off the west coast of Africa include:

ACE
ATLANTIS-2
GLO-1
Main One
SAT-3/WASC
WACS

Transatlantic communications cables

TAT series	TAT-1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12/13 14 CANTAT-1 2 3 PTAT-1

Private non-TAT	Gemini Apollo AC-1 Yellow/AC-2 FLAG Atlantic VSNL Transatlantic Hibernia Atlantic

Other	SAT-2 SAT-3/WASC/SAFE Atlantis-2 Columbus III

Notes