Communications
EUTELSAT 48D
NonoperationalCommunicationsGEO
Relays voice, data, internet or broadcast signals between points on Earth.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 20, 2008 at 10:35 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Eutelsat W2M & Hot Bird 9
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,225 km
- Periapsis
- 36,207 km
- Inclination
- 5.32°
- Orbital period
- 1458.08 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- EUTELSAT S.A.
- Manufacturer
- EADS Astrium
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 3,460 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,555 kg
- Power
- 7,000 W
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2008-065B
- NORAD catalog №
- 33460
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Eutelsat- Radar cross-section
- 12.6191 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational
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