Communications
EUTELSAT 12 WEST B
NonoperationalCommunicationsGEONORAD 26927
EUTELSAT 12 WEST B is a Eutelsat communications satellite, launched on September 25, 2001 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- September 25, 2001 at 11:21 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 44P →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Atlantic Bird 2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,301 km
- Periapsis
- 36,265 km
- Inclination
- 6.61°
- Orbital period
- 1461.54 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Eutelsat
- Launch mass
- 3,150 kg
- Dimensions
- 3.4 × 4.7 × 4.7 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2001-042A
- NORAD catalog №
- 26927
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Eutelsat- Radar cross-section
- 14.2528 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational