Atlas IIAS | Eutelsat W3
Status: Success | Launched: Apr 12, 1999 22:50 UTC
Launch Provider & Rocket
- Provider: Lockheed Martin (Commercial)
- Rocket: Atlas IIAS — Atlas family
Mission
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.
- Type: Communications
- Orbit: Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Launch Site
- Pad: Launch Complex 36A
- Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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