flown missionSuccess
Atlas IIAS | Eutelsat W3
Lockheed MartinLaunch Complex 36A — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Eutelsat W3
- Type
- Communications
- Target orbit
- Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
The W satellites are designed to provide telecommunications services primarily over Europe (Eutelsat W2, W3 and W5) and communication services over Russia and Africa (W4). W2, W3 and W5 are designed to offer 24 transponders at saturation and W4 is designed to provide 31 transponders at saturation. The W satellites have a minimum operational lifetime of 12 years. The spacecraft are based on the Spacebus-3000B2 platform.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Atlas IIAS
- Family
- Atlas
- Variant
- IIAS
- Provider
- Lockheed Martin
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 36A
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 28.4706, -80.5422