Communications
EUTELSAT 5 WEST A
NonoperationalCommunicationsGEO
Relays voice, data, internet or broadcast signals between points on Earth.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 5, 2002 at 11:22 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 G →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Stellat 5 & N-Star C
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,380 km
- Periapsis
- 36,285 km
- Inclination
- 6.07°
- Orbital period
- 1464.07 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- EUTELSAT S.A.
- Manufacturer
- Alcatel Space Industries
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 4,050 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,805 kg
- Power
- 11,000 W
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2002-035A
- NORAD catalog №
- 27460
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Eutelsat- Radar cross-section
- 46.1203 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational