Hot Bird 7 & Stentor
Ariane 5 ECA
Arianespace
Mission
Hot Bird 7 & Stentor
Type: Communications
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.
Location
Ariane Launch Area 3
Kourou, French Guiana
315 rockets have launched from Kourou, French Guiana.
Rocket
Ariane 5 ECA – ArianeGroup
Family: Ariane 5
Length: 57.7 m
Diameter: 5.4 m
Launch Mass: 780 T
The Ariane 5 ECA was manufactured by ArianeGroup with the first launch on 2002-12-11. Ariane 5 ECA has 71 successful launches and 2 failed launches with a total of 73 launches. Ariane 5 is a heavy-lift launch vehicle, part of the Ariane rocket family.
Agency
Arianespace
Type: Commercial
Abbreviation: ASA
Administration: CEO: Stéphane Israël
Founded: 1980
Launchers: Ariane | Vega
Country: FRA
Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world’s first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.
