Atlantic Bird 1 & Meteosat 8 Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

28 Aug 2002, 10:45pm

Location

Guiana Space Centre Launch Site

Guiana Space Centre

Pad

Ariane Launch Area 3

Launch Service Provider

Arianespace logo

Arianespace

Vehicle

Ariane 5 G image

Ariane 5 G

Mission

Atlantic Bird 1 & Meteosat 8

Mission Type

Dedicated Rideshare

Destination

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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.

Available Replays

Live

Ariane V155

Updated: Jan 3, 7:59pm UTC

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