Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Arianespace
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
GTO
Mission type
Communications
Launch site
French Guiana
Date
Wed, 11 Dec 2002 22:21:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4569 ever
Mission
Hot Bird 7 was a French communications satellite for direct to home broadcasting services from geostationary orbit at a longitude of 13 degrees East. Stentor is an experimental programme to validate technologies to be integrated into the next generation of telecommunications spacecraft.