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Ariane 5 ECA | Hot Bird 7 & Stentor
Arianespace · Ariane 5 ECA · Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Arianespace's 151st launch · 10th this year · humanity's 4,569th orbital launch attempt
December 11, 2002Add to calendar
Failure
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
Window: Dec 11, 22:21 – Dec 11, 22:21 UTC
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Hot Bird 7 & Stentor
Hot Bird 7 was a French communications satellite for direct to home broadcasting services from geostationary orbit at a longitude of 13 degrees East. Stentor is an experimental programme to validate technologies to be integrated into the next generation of telecommunications spacecraft.
Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
Booster
No booster details available.
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