Communications
EUTELSAT 16B
NonoperationalCommunicationsGEO
Relays voice, data, internet or broadcast signals between points on Earth.
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Launch
- Launch date
- February 27, 1998 at 10:38 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 42P →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Hot Bird 4
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,377 km
- Periapsis
- 36,333 km
- Inclination
- 11.05°
- Orbital period
- 1465.25 min
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1998-013A
- NORAD catalog №
- 25237
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Eutelsat- Radar cross-section
- 24.5191 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational