Communications
EUTELSAT 117 WEST B
OperationalCommunicationsGEONORAD 41589
EUTELSAT 117 WEST B is a EUTELSAT Americas communications satellite, launched on June 15, 2016 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- June 15, 2016 at 02:29 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 Full Thrust →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- Eutelsat 117 West B & ABS-2A
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,788 km
- Periapsis
- 35,785 km
- Inclination
- 0.01°
- Orbital period
- 1436.08 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 13, 2026 at 01:20 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- EUTELSAT Americas
- Manufacturer
- Boeing Satellite Systems
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 1,963 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,300 kg
- Power
- 13,000 W
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
- Dimensions
- 4.8 × 2.1 × 2.1 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2016-038B
- NORAD catalog №
- 41589
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Eutelsat- Radar cross-section
- 0.0794 m²
- Status
- Operational