Communications
EUTELSAT 8 WEST D
NonoperationalCommunicationsGEONORAD 31577
EUTELSAT 8 WEST D is a Eutelsat communications satellite, launched on May 31, 2007 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- May 31, 2007 at 04:08 PM UTC
- Launch site
- XICLF
- Launched by
- Long March 3A →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Xinnuo 3
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,403 km
- Periapsis
- 36,274 km
- Inclination
- 9.55°
- Orbital period
- 1464.36 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Eutelsat
- Launch mass
- 2,320 kg
- Dimensions
- 5.7 × 1.7 × 1.7 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2007-021A
- NORAD catalog №
- 31577
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Eutelsat- Radar cross-section
- 28.6469 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational