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Eutelsat 28B
Communications satellite. Eutelsat 28B was launched on December 20, 2008 aboard a Ariane 5ECA from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Mar 1, 2012).
COSPAR 2008-065BNORAD 33460France
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Eutelsat W2M
- Common name
- Eutelsat 28B
- International designator
- 2008-065B
- NORAD catalog number
- 33460
- GCAT identifier
- S33460
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/563
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Eutelsat W
- Owner
- EutelsatSA
- Country
- France
- Builder
- Indian Space Research Organization
- Platform (bus)
- I3K
Launch
- Date
- December 20, 2008 · 22:35 UTC
- Launch record
- 2008-065Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5ECA
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,769 km
- Apogee
- 35,803 km
- Inclination
- 0.03°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- March 1, 2012
- Last known active
- Sep 9, 2023
- End of operations
- Sep 9, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 3,460 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,555 kg
- Length
- 5.0 m
- Diameter
- 1.80 m
- Span
- 15.7 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1303008 (CC0).