EUTELSAT W3B

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EUTELSAT W3B is classified as:

Geostationary

NORAD ID: 37206

Int'l Code: 2010-056A

Perigee: 223.6 km

Apogee: 31,098.3 km

Inclination: 2.3 °

Period: 542.4 minutes

Semi major axis: 22031 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   24135.73980677  .00015451  00000-0  16088-2 0  9993
2 37206   2.3437  80.8949 7006807 358.3923   0.0953  2.65474862121250

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC