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Launch · COSPAR 1998-056 · 05 Oct 1998

EUTELSAT W2

Guiana Space Centre, Kourou · FR5.24°, -52.77°

Payloads

2

Catalogued objects

4

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

2

Decayed

2

50% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Launch site: Guiana Space Centre, KourouGuiana Space Centre, Kourou

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 4

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Payload Payload · 2

NameNORADCOSPARStatusOrbitPerigee / apogeeIncl.DecayedOperator
EUTELSAT W2Eutelsat GEO fleet254911998-056AUnknownGEO36,055 / 36,091 km11.81°on orbitEutelsat
SIRIUS 3SiriusXM254921998-056BUnknownGEO36,129 / 36,146 km11.93°on orbitSirius XM

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

NameNORADCOSPARStatusOrbitPerigee / apogeeIncl.DecayedOperator
ARIANE 44L R/B254931998-056CDecayedLEO148 / 235 km7.01°08 Jul 2012—

Debris Debris · 1

NameNORADCOSPARStatusOrbitPerigee / apogeeIncl.DecayedOperator
ARIANE DEB [SPELDA]254941998-056DDecayedOTHER111 / 2,215 km7.23°18 Nov 1999—

Record

Launch record

COSPAR launch id
1998-056
Launch date(SATCAT, UTC)
05 Oct 1998
Launch site
Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
Site code
FRGUI
SatelliteIndex id
lch_01M28X3HYHJR7P34BWJDMNNHZK

Timeline

Events

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1998-056; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.