Eutelsat 8 West B & Intelsat 34 Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

20 Aug 2015, 8:34pm

Pad

Ariane Launch Area 3

Launch Service Provider

Mission

Eutelsat 8 West B & Intelsat 34

Mission Type

Communications

Destination

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Eutelsat is a new satellite for Middle East and North Africa broadcast markets to host coverage for 52 million homes. Intelsat 34 was built by SSL (Space Systems/Loral) of Palo Alto, California and is designed to deliver service for 15 years or longer. It will bring replacement relay capacity for two other satellites at 304.5 degrees East longitude.

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