26369 - EUTELSAT 36A

EUTELSAT 36A was a geosynchronous communications spacecraft owned by that European consortium. It was launched at 23:10 UT by the new model Atlas 3 that was propelled by a Russian engine, RD 180. The 1,380 kg (dry mass), 6 kW spacecraft carried 31 channels in the Ku-BSS band to provide voice and video communications to eastern African countries, eastern European countries, and Russia and is parked over 36 degrees E longitude.

Alternate Names

Eutelsat W4

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2000-05-25
Launch Vehicle: Atlas 3
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral, United States
Mass: 1380.0 kg