Communications
EUTELSAT 5 WEST B
Partially operationalCommunicationsGEO
EUTELSAT 5 WEST B is a EUTELSAT S.A. communications satellite, launched on October 9, 2019 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 9, 2019 at 10:17 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Proton-M Briz-M →
- Operator
- International Launch Services
- Mission
- Eutelsat 5 West B & MEV-1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,799 km
- Periapsis
- 35,774 km
- Inclination
- 0.06°
- Orbital period
- 1436.1 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- EUTELSAT S.A.
- Manufacturer
- Northrup Grumman Innovation Systems
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 2,864 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2019-067A
- NORAD catalog №
- 44624
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Eutelsat- Status
- Partially operational