Communications
EUTELSAT 65 WEST A
OperationalCommunicationsGEONORAD 41382
EUTELSAT 65 WEST A is a EUTELSAT S.A. communications satellite, launched on March 9, 2016 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- March 9, 2016 at 05:20 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Eutelsat 65 West A
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,796 km
- Periapsis
- 35,778 km
- Inclination
- 0.05°
- Orbital period
- 1436.11 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- EUTELSAT S.A.
- Manufacturer
- Space Systems/Loral
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 6,564 kg
- Power
- 16,000 W
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
- Dimensions
- 7.9 × 3.2 × 3.2 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2016-014A
- NORAD catalog №
- 41382
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Eutelsat- Radar cross-section
- 47.7519 m²
- Status
- Operational
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