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Eutelsat 70C
Decommissioned Eutelsat geostationary communications satellite. Eutelsat 70C was launched on May 24, 2000 aboard a Atlas 3A from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Jul 2, 2001).
COSPAR 2000-028ANORAD 26369EUTELSAT (intergovernmental)
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Eutelsat W4
- Common name
- Eutelsat 70C
- International designator
- 2000-028A
- NORAD catalog number
- 26369
- GCAT identifier
- S26369
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/445
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Eutelsat W
- Owner
- Eutelsat
- Country
- EUTELSAT (intergovernmental)
- Builder
- Alcatel Space, Centre spatiale de Cannes-Mandelieu
- Platform (bus)
- Spacebus 3000B2
Launch
- Date
- May 24, 2000 · 23:10 UTC
- Launch record
- 2000-028Success
- Rocket
- Atlas 3A
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC36B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,600 km
- Apogee
- 35,978 km
- Inclination
- 0.01°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- July 2, 2001
- Last known active
- Oct 5, 2021
- End of operations
- Oct 5, 2021
Size
- Mass
- 3,190 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,285 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 Q1378811 (CC0).