Ariane 5 ECA | Eutelsat W3B & BSAT-3b
Launch Successful
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Oct. 28, 2010, 9:51 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Instantaneous launch window.
Eutelsat W3B is a communication satellite to be located at 7 degrees East to provide broadcast and telecommunications accross Europe, the Middle East and Africa. However it took another satellites place, W2M which had failed. Directly after launch however W3B developed a sizeable leak and was declared a total loss. B-SAT 3b is a geostationary communications satellite operated by B-SAT stationed at 110 degrees East, providing high definition direct television services across Japan.
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