LAUNCH CENTER
Failure
Wed Dec 11 2002
Arianespace
Hot Bird 7 & Stentor
Launch Failure
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(10:21 PM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(10:21 PM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(10:21 PM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Ariane 5 ECADescription:
Ariane 5 is a heavy-lift launch vehicle, part of the Ariane rocket family.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Communications
- 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.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Kourou, French Guiana
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 3