flown missionSuccess
Ariane 5 ECA | Eutelsat W3B & BSAT-3b
ArianespaceAriane Launch Area 3 — Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Eutelsat W3B & BSAT-3b
- Type
- Communications
- Target orbit
- Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
Eutelsat W3B is a communication satellite to be located at 7 degrees East to provide broadcast and telecommunications accross Europe, the Middle East and Africa. However it took another satellites place, W2M which had failed. Directly after launch however W3B developed a sizeable leak and was declared a total loss. B-SAT 3b is a geostationary communications satellite operated by B-SAT stationed at 110 degrees East, providing high definition direct television services across Japan.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Family
- Ariane
- Variant
- ECA
- Provider
- Arianespace
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- FRA
webcasts
launch site
- Pad
- Ariane Launch Area 3
- Location
- Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Country
- GUF
- Timezone
- America/Cayenne
- Coordinates
- 5.2390, -52.7680