Eutelsat W2

 1998-056A

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Eutelsat W2 is a Spacebus 3000B2 with 24 wide-band Ku transponders plus 8 spare. W2's launch was pulled off Ariane 5. It was launched by Ariane 4 to 16E replacing Eutelsat 2F2. Footprint over Europe, N Africa, Near East.

Launch mass 2965 kg launch, 1810 kg BOL, 1375 dry. Size 4.6 x 2.5 x 1.8m with 29.0m span. Early orbit control by GSOC; then Eutelsat/Paris.

Eutelsat W2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1998 Oct 5	2251	Launch by Ariane 44LP
		T+2:30 PAL sep
		T+3:32 Stage 1 sep
		T+3:35 Stage 2 burn
		T+4:18 Fairing 01 sep
		T+5:44 Stage 2 sep
		T+5:49 Stage 3 burn
	2309	T+18:52 Stage 3 cutoff
	2310	T+19:43 W2 sep
	2312	T+21:50 Mini-Spelda sep
	2316	T+25:15 Sirius 3 sep
		T+32:25 end of V111 mission
1998 Oct 5			655.89 277 x 36978 x 6.9
1998 Oct 6	1500?	LAM-1
1998 Oct 8			1378.05 33500 x 35784 x 0.1
1998 Oct 10	1100?	LAM-3 over 8W
1998 Oct 12			1427.45 35449 x 35784 x 0.0 GEO 2.1W+2.2E
1998 Oct 19		Control to EUT/Paris
1998 Oct 21			1436.08 35771 x 35801 x 0.0 GEO 2.3E
1998 Oct 27		move out
1998 Dec 6		move in	1436.10 35782 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 16.0E
1999 Nov 8			1436.06 35773 x 35798 x 0.1 GEO 16.0E
2006 Aug 3			1436.08 35769 x 35803 x 0.0 GEO 16.0E