Hot Bird 7 & Stentor Mission
Launch Status
Failure
Date & Time
11 Dec 2002, 10:21pm
UTC
Location
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 3
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
Hot Bird 7 & Stentor
Mission Type
Communications
Destination
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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.
Available Replays
Live
Ariane V157
Updated: Jan 3, 7:59pm UTC
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