Ariane 5 ECA
FailureHot Bird 7 & Stentor · Arianespace
Launch time (NET)
Wednesday, Dec 11, 2002, 22:21 UTC
Launch window
Wednesday, Dec 11, 2002, 22:21 UTC – Wednesday, Dec 11, 2002, 22:21 UTC
Provider
Arianespace
Rocket
Launch pad
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana · Open map
Status
Failure
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
Mission
Hot Bird 7 & Stentor
Type
Communications
Orbit
Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
Hot 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.
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