Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Arianespace
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
GTO
Mission type
Dedicated Rideshare
Launch site
French Guiana
Date
Wed, 28 Aug 2002 22:45:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4551 ever
Mission
Atlantic Bird is a series of satellites operated by Eutelsat over the atlantic ocean. Operating at 12.5 degrees West. Meteosat 8 is a weather satellite operated by both ESA and EUMETSAT.