Atlantic Bird 2

Success Arianespace, Ariane 44P

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Alcatel Space has built Atlantic Bird 2 (26 channels in Ku Band for this Spacebus 3000 B2 Satellite) for Eutelsat. By meeting a rapid delivery schedule (16 month on ground delivery), which is made possible by an advanced production policy for the Spacebus-3000B2 platform, Alcatel Space has enabled…

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Flight profileThe climb, seen from the side · 3D replay on the globe
to orbit0 km1,210 km downrange200 km up

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Launch window and padGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

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Rocket and boosterAriane 44P
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Ariane 44P

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MissionCommunications · GSO

Communications · GSO

What it put in orbit2 catalogued objects, 1 of them satellites
ObjectTypeOrbit
EUTELSAT 12 WEST B 2001-042A Payload 36247 × 36318 km · 7.0° Globe
ARIANE 44P R/B 2001-042B Rocket body re-entered 2002-08-11

COSPAR ID 2001-042. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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