2002

2002 · Arianespace

Hot Bird 7 & Stentor

failureAriane 5 ECA | Hot Bird 7 & Stentor

Hot Bird 7 was a French communications satellite for direct to home broadcasting services from geostationary orbit at a longitude of 13 degrees East. Stentor is an experimental programme to validate technologies to be integrated into the next generation of telecommunications spacecraft.

Overview

Date / time
December 11, 2002 at 10:21 PM UTC
Outcome
failure
Launch site
Ariane Launch Area 3
Mission
Hot Bird 7 & Stentor
Mission type
Communications
Orbit achieved
Geostationary Transfer Orbit