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Eutelsat W5

Delta IV M+(4,2)

Boeing

Launch Status
Success

Mission

Eutelsat W5

  • Type: Communications
  • Orbit: Geosynchronous Orbit
  • Launch Cost: $350,000,000

EUTELSAT W5 was a European (EUTELSAT Consortium) geostationary communication spacecraft. EUTELSAT W5 was to provide voice, video, and Internet services to all countries in western Europe, central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent

Location

Space Launch Complex 37B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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Space Launch Complex 37B has witnessed the launch of 40 rockets, including 40 orbital launch attempts. While Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA, has been the site for 1027 rocket launches.

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.

Rocket

United Launch Alliance Delta IV M+(4,2)

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Agency

Boeing

Boeing as a space agency has recently provided NASA with assistance on sending humans to the ISS from American with both their construction of the CST-100 Starliner crew capsule and their work on the SLS Avionics to return to the moon and beyond. Their ventures in GPS satellite systems and Tracking and Data Relay Satellites provide information about earth-orbiting craft to stations on the ground. They also enable research on the ISS and will be helping with the construction of the Lunar Gateway.

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