Payload
EUROBIRD 4A
NonoperationalPayloadGEONORAD 26487
EUROBIRD 4A is a Eutelsat payload satellite, launched on September 6, 2000 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- September 6, 2000 at 10:33 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 44P →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Eutelsat W1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,424 km
- Periapsis
- 36,342 km
- Inclination
- 11.33°
- Orbital period
- 1466.69 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Eutelsat
- Launch mass
- 3,250 kg
- Dimensions
- 5 × 2.5 × 2.5 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2000-052A
- NORAD catalog №
- 26487
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Eutelsat- Radar cross-section
- 8.654 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational