EUTELSAT W3B

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EUTELSAT W3B is classified as:

Geostationary

NORAD ID: 37206

Int'l Code: 2010-056A

Perigee: 256.9 km

Apogee: 32,563.9 km

Inclination: 2.1 °

Period: 570.3 minutes

Semi major axis: 22781 km

RCS: 14.159 m² (large)

Launch date: October 28, 2010
Source: European Telecommunications Satellite Organization (EUTE)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

W3B was destined for geosynchronous orbit at 16 degrees east longitude, a prime location to broadcast television and video programming to Central Europe. Eutelsat W3B has been abandoned due to a major propellant leak.

1 37206U 10056A   21270.68896220  .00002713  00000-0  71645-3 0  9992
2 37206   2.0614 192.5643 7090638 144.1668 294.9141  2.52482449 96427

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC