Spainsat & Hot Bird 7A Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

11 Mar 2006, 10:33pm

UTC

Location

Guiana Space Centre

Pad

Ariane Launch Area 3

Launch Service Provider

Arianespace

Vehicle

Ariane 5 ECA

Mission

Spainsat & Hot Bird 7A

Mission Type

Communications

Destination

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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.

Available Replays

Live

Vol V170 - Ariane 5 ECA - HOTBIRD 7A , SPAINSAT - decollage takeoff liftoff