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Atlas Agena B | Eutelsat W4

May 24, 2000 at 11:10 PM UTC

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Atlas Agena B | Eutelsat W4 launch image
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May 24, 2000 at 11:10 PM UTC

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Launch Complex 36B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · 28.4706, -80.5422

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Launch Complex 36B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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Mission description

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.

Vehicle

Atlas IIIA

Atlas · IIIA

Height

52.8 m

Diameter

3.05 m

LEO capacity

8,640 kg

Successful launches

2

Launch complex

Launch Complex 36B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.

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