Communications
EUTELSAT 115 WEST A
NonoperationalCommunicationsGEO
EUTELSAT 115 WEST A is a Eutelsat communications satellite, launched on December 6, 1998 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 6, 1998 at 12:43 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 42L →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Satmex 5
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,248 km
- Periapsis
- 36,207 km
- Inclination
- 10.32°
- Orbital period
- 1458.69 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Eutelsat
- Launch mass
- 2,229.93 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1998-070A
- NORAD catalog №
- 25558
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Eutelsat- Radar cross-section
- 19.1885 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational