Eutelsat W4
Atlas Agena B
Lockheed Martin
Mission
Eutelsat W4
Type: Communications
The W satellites are designed to provide telecommunications services primarily over Europe (W1, W2, W3, W3A and W5) and communication services over Russia and Africa (W4). Eutelsat W4 is designed to provide 31 transponders at saturation. The W satellites have a minimum operational lifetime of 12 years. The spacecraft is based on the Spacebus-3000B2 platform.
Trajectory
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Location
Launch Complex 36B
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
887 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.
Rocket
Atlas IIIA – Lockheed Martin
- Family: Atlas
- Length: 52.8 m
- Diameter: 3.05 m
- Launch Mass: 214 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 8640 kg
The Atlas IIIA was manufactured by Lockheed Martin with the first launch on 2000-05-24. Atlas IIIA has 2 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 2 launches. American orbital launch vehicle used between 2000 and 2005.
Agency
Lockheed Martin – LMT
- Type: Commercial
- Abbreviation: LMT
- Founded: 1953
- Launchers: Titan | Agena
- Spacecraft: Hubble | JUNO | InSight
- Country: USA
Lockheed Martin’s Space Division started in the production of missiles and later ICBM’s in the 1950s. Their TITAN missile system was used for 12 Gemini spacecraft and the Voyager probes. They have worked largely in collaboration with NASA on many of their probes, landers, and spacecraft, and hope to play a key role in NASA’s return to the moon in 2024.
