Status
Success
Hot Bird 5
Launch Time
Fri Oct 09, 1998 22:50 UTC
Fri Oct 09, 1998 22:50 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Hot Bird 5
Hot Bird (also styled HOTBIRD) is a group of satellites operated by Eutelsat, located at 13°E over the equator (orbital position) and with a transmitting footprint over Asia, Europe, North Africa, the Americas, and the Middle East.
Hot Bird 5 was launched by Atlas-2A on 9 October 1998 and re-located to 25.5°E and renamed Eurobird 2. Six transponders are leased to Arabsat under the name Badr 2 after having been called Arabsat 2D.
Payloads: 1
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Location
SLC-36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1998
62nd orbital launch attempt
Atlas II
38th mission
5th mission of 1998
38th successful mission