Status
Success
Insat 3E, eBird-1 & SMART-1
Sat Sep 27, 2003 23:14 UTC
Final flight of Ariane 5G. Flight V162.
Rocket
Mission Details
INSAT-3E
INSAT 3E is a defunct communication satellite. It was designed for providing high-speed communication, Television, VSAT & Tele-education services and was an important landmark in Indian Space Programme. In April 2014, almost eleven years after being launched, the satellite ran out of oxidizer and a few days later, was decommissioned by the ISRO. In a few days time, it will be moved to a graveyard orbit.
eBird-1
eBird-1 (also known as Eurobird 3, Eutelsat 33A, and Eutelsat 31A) was a communication satellite build by Boeing. The satellite is designed to provide coverage to Scandinavia, Great Britain, and Western and Eastern Europe. e-BIRD joined EUTELSAT's existing fleet of 19 spacecraft.
SMART-1
SMART-1 was a Swedish-designed European Space Agency satellite that orbited around the Moon. "SMART-1" stands for Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology-1. SMART-1 was deliberately crashed into the Moon's surface, ending its mission.