Hot Bird 6 Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

21 Aug 2002, 10:05pm

Location

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Launch Site

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Pad

Space Launch Complex 41

Launch Service Provider

Lockheed Martin logo

Lockheed Martin

Vehicle

Atlas V 401 image

Atlas V 401

Mission

Hot Bird 6

Mission Type

Communications

Destination

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Eutelsat 8 West C, known as Hot Bird 6 prior to 2012 and Hot Bird 13A from 2012 to 2013, is a French communications satellite. Operated by Eutelsat, it provides direct to home broadcasting services from geostationary orbit.

Updated: Jan 3, 7:59pm UTC

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