Communications
EUTELSAT 8 WEST B
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EUTELSAT 8 WEST B is a EUTELSAT S.A./Nilesat communications satellite, launched on August 20, 2015 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- August 20, 2015 at 08:34 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Eutelsat 8 West B & Intelsat 34
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,803 km
- Periapsis
- 35,770 km
- Inclination
- 0.06°
- Orbital period
- 1436.1 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- EUTELSAT S.A./Nilesat
- Manufacturer
- Thales Alenia Space
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 5,782 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2015-039B
- NORAD catalog №
- 40875
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Eutelsat- Radar cross-section
- 7.4159 m²
- Status
- Operational
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