Communications
EUTELSAT 139 WEST A
NonoperationalCommunicationsGEO
EUTELSAT 139 WEST A is a EUTELSAT S.A. communications satellite, launched on March 15, 2004 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- March 15, 2004 at 11:06 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced →
- Operator
- Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
- Mission
- Eutelsat W3A
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,217 km
- Periapsis
- 36,188 km
- Inclination
- 5.82°
- Orbital period
- 1457.39 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- EUTELSAT S.A.
- Manufacturer
- Astrium
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 4,300 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,000 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2004-008A
- NORAD catalog №
- 28187
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Eutelsat- Radar cross-section
- 29.9526 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational