Mission record

Ariane 5 ECA | Spainsat & Hot Bird 7A

Ariane 5 ECA· Ariane Launch Area 3· Success
Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
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Provider
Arianespace
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
GTO
Mission type
Communications
Launch site
French Guiana
Date
Sat, 11 Mar 2006 22:33:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4757 ever

Mission

Spainsat is a Spanish telecommunications satellite used for military and government communications. Providing coverage ranging from the US, South America and the Middle East, including Africa and Europe. Hot Bird is a group of satellites operated by Eutelsat located at 13 degrees East, with a transmitting footprint over Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

Deployed payloads · 1
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