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Ariane 5 ECA | Eutelsat W3B & BSAT-3b
Arianespace · Ariane 5 ECA · Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Arianespace's 192nd launch · 4th this year · humanity's 5,090th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Oct 28, 21:51 – Oct 28, 21:51 UTC
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Eutelsat W3B & BSAT-3b
Eutelsat W3B is a communication satellite to be located at 7 degrees East to provide broadcast and telecommunications accross Europe, the Middle East and Africa. However it took another satellites place, W2M which had failed. Directly after launch however W3B developed a sizeable leak and was declared a total loss. B-SAT 3b is a geostationary communications satellite operated by B-SAT stationed at 110 degrees East, providing high definition direct television services across Japan.
Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
Booster
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