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Eutelsat W2
Decommissioned Eutelsat geostationary communications satellite. Eutelsat W2 was launched on October 5, 1998 aboard a Ariane 44L from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Jul 2, 2001).
COSPAR 1998-056ANORAD 25491EUTELSAT (intergovernmental)
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Eutelsat W2
- International designator
- 1998-056A
- NORAD catalog number
- 25491
- GCAT identifier
- S25491
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/445
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Eutelsat W
- Owner
- Eutelsat
- Country
- EUTELSAT (intergovernmental)
- Builder
- Alcatel Space, Centre spatiale de Cannes-Mandelieu
- Platform (bus)
- Spacebus 3000B2
Launch
- Date
- October 5, 1998 · 22:51 UTC
- Launch record
- 1998-056Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 44L
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,723 km
- Apogee
- 35,752 km
- Inclination
- 0.01°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- July 2, 2001
- Last known active
- August 2006
- End of operations
- January 2009
Size
- Mass
- 2,965 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,380 kg
- Length
- 4.6 m
- Diameter
- 2.50 m
- Span
- 29.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1378848 (CC0).