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Lockheed MartinAtlas IIIALaunch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Eutelsat W4
Launched
May 24, 2000
Summary
Eutelsat W4 launched on a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIIA from Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on May 24, 2000. It was Lockheed Martin's 50th launch, 4th this year and humanity's 4,397th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Atlas IIIA flight. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). Eutelsat W4, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 237 × 45,775 km orbit inclined 19.9°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Atlas IIIA · Lockheed Martin
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Atlas IIIA flightLockheed Martin's 50th launch4th this yearhumanity's 4,397th orbital launch attempt30th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Eutelsat W4 · NORAD 26369 · 2000-028 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- EUTELSAT W4
- Object ID
- 2000-028A
- Epoch
- 2000-05-24 16:48:15 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.72423577 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7750706
- Inclination
- 19.9187°
- Ascending node
- 52.4964°
- Arg. of perigee
- 179.0209°
- Mean anomaly
- 184.7902°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage
- Eutelsat W4 · NORAD 26369
Centaur AC-201 · re-entered October 27, 2013
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The W satellites are designed to provide telecommunications services primarily over Europe (W1, W2, W3, W3A and W5) and communication services over Russia and Africa (W4). Eutelsat W4 is designed to provide 31 transponders at saturation. The W satellites have a minimum operational lifetime of 12 years. The spacecraft is based on the Spacebus-3000B2 platform.
Pad
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
67th launch from Launch Complex 36B, 2nd this year · 579th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
76 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
110 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Eutelsat W4 launch?
Eutelsat W4 launched on May 24, 2000. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Eutelsat W4?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Eutelsat W4?
Atlas IIIA, flown by Lockheed Martin. Atlas IIIA spec sheet
Where did Eutelsat W4 launch from?
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Eutelsat W4 reach?
Eutelsat W4, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 237 × 45,775 km orbit inclined 19.9°.
How many satellites did Eutelsat W4 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).