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Eutelsat 5 West A
Decommissioned geostationary communications satellite. Eutelsat 5 West A was launched on July 5, 2002 aboard a Ariane 5G from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (August 2002).
COSPAR 2002-035ANORAD 27460France
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Stellat 5
- Common name
- Eutelsat 5 West A
- International designator
- 2002-035A
- NORAD catalog number
- 27460
- GCAT identifier
- S27460
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/445
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Eutelsat Bird
- Owner
- Stellat
- Country
- France
- Builder
- Alcatel Space, Centre spatiale de Cannes-Mandelieu
- Platform (bus)
- Spacebus 3000B3
Launch
- Date
- July 5, 2002 · 23:22 UTC
- Launch record
- 2002-035Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5G
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,772 km
- Apogee
- 35,801 km
- Inclination
- 0.01°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- August 2002
- Last known active
- Jan 11, 2023
- End of operations
- Jan 13, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 4,050 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,805 kg
- Length
- 5.5 m
- Diameter
- 2.40 m
- Span
- 37.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q448667 (CC0).