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Eutelsat 48A
Communications satellite. Eutelsat 48A was launched on November 21, 1996 aboard a Atlas IIA from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Jul 2, 2001).
COSPAR 1996-067ANORAD 24665EUTELSAT (intergovernmental)
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Hot Bird 2
- Common name
- Eutelsat 48A
- Payload designation
- Eutelsat HB2
- International designator
- 1996-067A
- NORAD catalog number
- 24665
- GCAT identifier
- S24665
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/321
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Eutelsat HB
- Owner
- Eutelsat
- Country
- EUTELSAT (intergovernmental)
- Builder
- Matra Marconi Space (Toulouse)
- Platform (bus)
- Eurostar 2000+
Launch
- Date
- November 21, 1996 · 20:47 UTC
- Launch record
- 1996-067Success
- Rocket
- Atlas IIA
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC36B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,776 km
- Apogee
- 35,792 km
- Inclination
- 0.09°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- July 2, 2001
- Last known active
- Apr 21, 2017
- End of operations
- Apr 27, 2017
Size
- Mass
- 2,910 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,150 kg
- Length
- 4.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.50 m
- Span
- 27.9 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1378822 (CC0).