Eutelsat 21A

Decommissioned Eutelsat geostationary communications satellite. Eutelsat 21A was launched on April 12, 1999 aboard a Atlas IIAS from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Jul 2, 2001).

COSPAR 1999-018ANORAD 25673EUTELSAT (intergovernmental)

Identity

Name in GCAT: Eutelsat W3
Common name: Eutelsat 21A
International designator: 1999-018A
NORAD catalog number: 25673
GCAT identifier: S25673
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/374

Mission

Mission type: Communications
Use: Civil government
Program: Eutelsat W
Owner: Eutelsat
Country: EUTELSAT (intergovernmental)
Builder: Alcatel Space, Centre spatiale de Cannes-Mandelieu
Platform (bus): Spacebus 3000B2

Launch

Date: April 12, 1999 · 22:50 UTC
Launch record: 1999-018Success
Rocket: Atlas IIAS
Spaceport: Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC36A

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): GEO/D
Perigee: 35,694 km
Apogee: 35,737 km
Inclination: 0.02°
Status: Renamed
Status date: July 2, 2001
Last known active: October 2014
End of operations: Nov 9, 2014

Size

Mass: 3,177 kg
Dry mass: 1,380 kg
Length: 4.6 m
Diameter: 2.50 m
Span: 29.0 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1378802 (CC0).