Communications
Arianespace(ASA)CommercialHot Bird 7 was a French communications satellite for direct to home broadcasting services from geostationary orbit at a longitude of 13 degrees East. Stentor is an experimental programme to validate technologies to be integrated into the next generation of telecommunications spacecraft.
Orbital Attempt
#4,569
ASA Mission
#151
Pad Launch
#14
Location Launch
#165
Dec 11, 2002, 10:21 PM
1 update
The Guiana Space Centre is a European spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, a region of France in South America. Kourou is located at a latitude of 5°. In operation since 1968, it is a suitable location for a spaceport because of its equatorial location and open sea to the east.
Timezone
America/Cayenne
Local Launch Time
Dec 11, 2002, 7:21 PM
Total Launches
334
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
5.1690, -52.6903
