EUTE 10A (EUTE W2A)

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EUTE 10A (EUTE W2A) is classified as:

NORAD ID: 34710

Int'l Code: 2009-016A

Perigee: 35,768.9 km

Apogee: 35,819.1 km

Inclination: 0.4 °

Period: 1,436.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 42165 km

RCS: 19.9526 m² (large)

Launch date: April 3, 2009
Source: European Telecommunications Satellite Organization (EUTE)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

W2A is a Eutelsat geostationary communications satellite intended to replace the W1 satellite at 10° E longitude. The satellite was launched at 16:24 UT on 03 April 2009 from Baikonur on a Proton M rocket with a Breeze M upper stage. The 5900 kg spacecraft will provide data and video service to customers across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and parts of South America and India. W2A carries 46 Ku-band and 10 C-band transponders and a new S-band system. The S-band system will provide video and data to mobile devices in Europe.

1 34710U 09016A   23273.14031917  .00000056  00000-0  00000+0 0  9994
2 34710   0.4298  90.5079 0005958  80.5607 258.0848  1.00270809 53036

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC