Communications
EUTELSAT HOTBIRD 13E
NonoperationalCommunicationsGEO
EUTELSAT HOTBIRD 13E is a Hisdesat/Ministry of Defense communications satellite, launched on March 11, 2006 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- March 11, 2006 at 10:33 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Spainsat & Hot Bird 7A
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,432 km
- Periapsis
- 36,371 km
- Inclination
- 2.08°
- Orbital period
- 1467.62 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Hisdesat/Ministry of Defense
- Manufacturer
- Space Systems/Loral
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 4,100 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,467 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2006-007B
- NORAD catalog №
- 28946
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Eutelsat- Radar cross-section
- 16.4536 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational
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