Communications
EUTELSAT 117 WEST A
OperationalCommunicationsGEONORAD 39122
EUTELSAT 117 WEST A is a EUTELSAT Americas communications satellite, launched on March 26, 2013 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- March 26, 2013 at 07:06 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Proton-M Briz-M →
- Operator
- International Launch Services
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,798 km
- Periapsis
- 35,776 km
- Inclination
- 0.01°
- Orbital period
- 1436.12 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 13, 2026 at 01:20 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- EUTELSAT Americas
- Manufacturer
- Space Systems/Loral
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 5,474 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,317 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
- Dimensions
- 8 × 3 × 3 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2013-012A
- NORAD catalog №
- 39122
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Eutelsat- Radar cross-section
- 423.226 m²
- Status
- Operational