Communications
EUTELSAT 172B
OperationalCommunicationsGEONORAD 42741
EUTELSAT 172B is a EUTELSAT S.A. communications satellite, launched on June 1, 2017 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- June 1, 2017 at 11:45 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- ViaSat-2 & EUTELSAT 172B
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,789 km
- Periapsis
- 35,785 km
- Inclination
- 0.05°
- Orbital period
- 1436.12 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 13, 2026 at 01:20 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- EUTELSAT S.A.
- Manufacturer
- Airbus Defense and Space
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 3,551 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
- Dimensions
- 5.4 × 3 × 3 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2017-029B
- NORAD catalog №
- 42741
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Eutelsat- Status
- Operational
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