Eutelsat W2A

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

16:24:00

Friday April 3, 2009

Mission Details

Eutelsat W2A

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Eutelsat Communications and Alcatel announced in September 2006 that Eutelsat has retained Alcatel Alenia Space for the design, manufacturing, assembling, tests, and on-ground delivery of the Eutelsat W2A satellite. The main mission of this powerful new satellite will be to extend Ku-band capacity for video, broadband, and telecommunications services in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, and boost the C-band capacity available through Eutelsat's fleet for services across Africa. Eutelsat has also asked Alcatel to proceed with head-start activities for a state-of-the-art S-band payload at 2.2 GHz on W2A. A final decision on flying the S-band payload will be taken by Eutelsat in October following the completion of a full assessment of market demand, the regulatory framework, and financing.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

5,900 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Proton-M/Briz-M

Active Since 2001

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center logo

Manufacturer

Khrunichev

Price

$65.00 million

Rocket

Height: 58.18m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 21,000 kg

GTO: 6,900 kg

Liftoff Thrust

10,027 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 4.35m

Height: 15.26m

Stages

4

Launch Site

Site 200/39

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Fastest Turnaround

10 days 23 hours

Stats

Proton-M


31st

Mission

2nd

Mission of 2009

2009


17th

Orbital launch attempt