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Eutelsat 33A
Communications satellite. Eutelsat 33A was launched on September 27, 2003 aboard a Ariane 5G from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Mar 1, 2012).
COSPAR 2003-043ANORAD 27948France
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Eurobird 3
- Common name
- Eutelsat 33A
- Payload designation
- e-Bird
- International designator
- 2003-043A
- NORAD catalog number
- 27948
- GCAT identifier
- S27948
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/445
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Eutelsat Bird
- Owner
- EutelsatSA
- Country
- France
- Builder
- Boeing Satellite Development Center, El Segundo
- Platform (bus)
- HS-376HP
Launch
- Date
- September 27, 2003 · 23:14 UTC
- Launch record
- 2003-043Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5G
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,782 km
- Apogee
- 35,788 km
- Inclination
- 0.01°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- March 1, 2012
- Last known active
- January 2018
- End of operations
- Jan 16, 2018
Size
- Mass
- 922 kg
- Dry mass
- 626 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,552 kg
- Length
- 7.8 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 7.8 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q336730 (CC0).