Communications
EUTELSAT W2
NonoperationalCommunicationsGEO
EUTELSAT W2 is a Eutelsat communications satellite, launched on October 5, 1998 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 5, 1998 at 10:51 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 44L →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Eutelsat W2 & Sirius 3
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,084 km
- Periapsis
- 36,060 km
- Inclination
- 11.65°
- Orbital period
- 1450.7 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Eutelsat
- Launch mass
- 1,793.86 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1998-056A
- NORAD catalog №
- 25491
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Eutelsat- Radar cross-section
- 12.5893 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational