BoeingDelta IV M+(4,2)Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Eutelsat W5
Launched
November 20, 2002
Image: United Launch Alliance
Summary
Eutelsat W5 launched on a Boeing Delta IV M+(4,2) from Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on November 20, 2002. It was Boeing's 1st launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,564th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Delta IV M+(4,2) flight. The payload was bound for Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO). Eutelsat W5, one of 10 catalogued objects, reached a 569 × 35,784 km orbit inclined 13.6°. 10 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Delta IV M+(4,2) · Boeing
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO)
- Milestone
- 1st Delta IV M+(4,2) flightBoeing's 1st launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,564th orbital launch attempt53rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Eutelsat W5 · NORAD 27554 · 2002-051 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 10 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- EUTELSAT W5
- Object ID
- 2002-051A
- Epoch
- 2002-11-20 17:39:55 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.25725349 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7172712
- Inclination
- 13.6189°
- Ascending node
- 217.3822°
- Arg. of perigee
- 180.7587°
- Mean anomaly
- 176.8821°
- 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: GSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
10 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 8 debris; 1 still in orbit
- Eutelsat W5 · NORAD 27554
Delta 293 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
EUTELSAT W5 was a European (EUTELSAT Consortium) geostationary communication spacecraft. EUTELSAT W5 was to provide voice, video, and Internet services to all countries in western Europe, central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent
Pad
Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
8th launch from Space Launch Complex 37B, 1st this year · 603rd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
40 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
about 36 years after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Eutelsat W5 launch?
Eutelsat W5 launched on November 20, 2002. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Eutelsat W5?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Eutelsat W5?
Delta IV M+(4,2), flown by Boeing. Delta IV M+(4,2) spec sheet
Where did Eutelsat W5 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Eutelsat W5 reach?
Eutelsat W5, one of 10 catalogued objects, reached a 569 × 35,784 km orbit inclined 13.6°.
How many satellites did Eutelsat W5 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).