Launch · COSPAR 2003-043 · 27 Sept 2003

EUTELSAT 31A

Name: Launch 2003-043 — EUTELSAT 31A
Start: 2003-09-27
Location: Guiana Space Centre, Kourou

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

17% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 6

Payload Payload · 3

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
EUTELSAT 31A Eutelsat GEO fleet	27948	2003-043A	Unknown	GEO	36,158 / 36,204 km	9.94°	on orbit	Eutelsat
SMART-1	27949	2003-043C	Decayed	OTHER	—	—	03 Sept 2006	European Space Agency
INSAT-3E GSAT / INSAT	27951	2003-043E	Unknown	GEO	35,585 / 35,687 km	9.89°	on orbit	ISRO

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
ARIANE 5 R/B	27946	2003-043B	Inactive	HEO	607 / 36,048 km	7.96°	on orbit	—

Debris Debris · 2

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
ARIANE 5 DEB [SPELTRA]	27950	2003-043D	Inactive	HEO	636 / 35,808 km	7.43°	on orbit	—
ARIANE 5 DEB [SYLDA]	27952	2003-043F	Inactive	HEO	616 / 35,623 km	7.22°	on orbit	—

Record

Timeline

No events recorded for this launch or its objects.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 2003-043; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.