ArianespaceAriane 5 ECAAriane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Hot Bird 7 & Stentor
Launched
December 11, 2002
Image: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique vidéo du CSG
Summary
Hot Bird 7 & Stentor launched on an Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA from Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on December 11, 2002. The mission failed. It was Arianespace's 151st launch, 10th this year and humanity's 4,569th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Ariane 5 ECA flight. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO).
- Watch
- Ariane V157Destination Orbite
- Vehicle
- Ariane 5 ECA · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 1st Ariane 5 ECA flightArianespace's 151st launch10th this yearhumanity's 4,569th orbital launch attempt58th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
About this launch
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.
Related page: Arianespace releases initial information on Flight 157
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
14th launch from Ariane Launch Area 3, 4th this year · 165th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
118 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
104 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Hot Bird 7 & Stentor launch?
Hot Bird 7 & Stentor launched on December 11, 2002. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Hot Bird 7 & Stentor?
Coverage: Ariane V157. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Hot Bird 7 & Stentor?
Ariane 5 ECA, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 5 ECA spec sheet
Where did Hot Bird 7 & Stentor launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit was Hot Bird 7 & Stentor going to?
Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO), a communications mission.