Communications
EUTELSAT 31A
NonoperationalCommunicationsGEO
EUTELSAT 31A is a Eutelsat communications satellite, launched on September 27, 2003 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- September 27, 2003 at 11:14 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 G →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- INSAT-3A
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,195 km
- Periapsis
- 36,163 km
- Inclination
- 9.73°
- Orbital period
- 1456.2 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Eutelsat
- Launch mass
- 1,552 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2003-043A
- NORAD catalog №
- 27948
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Eutelsat- Radar cross-section
- 3.1622 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational