Eutelsat 36A: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|French communications satellite}}

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| name = Eutelsat 36A

| names_list = Eutelsat 3 F-4<br/>Eutelsat W4 (2000-2012)<br/>Eutelsat 36A (2012-2016)<br/>Eutelsat 70C (2016) (2018-2019)<br/>Eutelsat 80A (2017-2018)<br/>Eutelsat 748E (2019-present)

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| image_size = 300px

| mission_type = [[Communications satellite|Communication]]

| operator = [[Eutelsat|Eutelsat S.A.]]

| COSPAR_ID = 2000-028A

| SATCAT = 26369

| website = https://www.eutelsat.com/en/home.html

| mission_duration = 12 years (planned)

| spacecraft = Eutelsat W4

| spacecraft_type = [[Spacebus]]

| spacecraft_bus = [[Spacebus 3000|Spacebus-3000B2]]

| manufacturer = [[Thales Alenia Space|Alcatel Space]]

| launch_mass = {{cvt|3190|kg}}

| dry_mass = {{cvt|1285|kg}}

| dimensions =

| power =

| launch_date = 24 May 2000, 23:10:05 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]

| launch_rocket = [[Atlas III|Atlas IIIA]] (AC-201)

| launch_site = [[Cape Canaveral Space Force Station|Cape Canaveral]], [[Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36|SLC-36B]]

| launch_contractor = [[Lockheed Martin|Lockheed Martin Astronautics]]

| entered_service = July 2000

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| deactivated =

| last_contact =

| orbit_reference = [[Geocentric orbit]]

| orbit_regime = [[Geostationary orbit]]

| orbit_longitude = 36° East (2000-2016)<br/>70.5° East (2016)<br/>88.5° East (2017)<br/>80.5° East (2017-2018)<br/>12.7° West (2018-2019)<br/>70.3° East (2019) <br/>48.1° East (2019-present)

| apsis = gee

| trans_band = 31 [[Ku band|Ku-Band]]

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| trans_bandwidth =

| trans_capacity =

| trans_coverage = [[Africa]], [[Russia]]

| programme = [[Eutelsat|Eutelsat constellation]]

| previous_mission = [[Eutelsat W3]]

| next_mission = [[Eutelsat W1]]

'''Eutelsat 36A''' (formerly '''Eutelsat W4''' and '''Eutelsat 3 F-4''') is a [[France|French]] [[communications satellite]] operated by [[Eutelsat|Eutelsat S.A.]]. It was constructed by [[Alcatel Space]] and is based on the [[Spacebus 3000|Spacebus-3000B2]] [[satellite bus]].<ref name="GSP">{{cite web|url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/eutelsat-w4.htm|title=Eutelsat W4 → Eutelsat 36A → Eutelsat 70C |publisher=Gunter's Space Page|date=21 July 2019|access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref>

== Launch ==

'''Eutelsat W4''' was launched on the maiden flight of the [[Atlas III]] [[launch vehicle]], which used the Atlas IIIA configuration. The launch was contracted by [[International Launch Services]] (ILS), and occurred on 24 May 2000, at 23:10:05 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]] from [[Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36|Space Launch Complex 36B]] at the [[Cape Canaveral Space Force Station|Cape Canaveral Air Force Station]] (CCAFS).<ref name="JSR20000529>{{cite web|url=https://planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.427.txt|title=Issue 427 - 29 May 2000|publisher=Jonathan's Space Report|date=29 May 2000|access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref>

== Eutelsat 36A ==

Following its launch and on-orbit testing, it was placed in [[geostationary orbit]] at 36° East ('''Eutelsat 36 A'''),<ref name="LyngSat">{{cite web|url=http://www.lyngsat.com/tracker/ew4.html|title=Eutelsat 36A|publisher=LyngSat |access-date=2009-05-02|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502201815/http://www.lyngsat.com/tracker/ew4.html|archive-date=2009-05-02}}</ref> from where it provides communications services to [[Russia]] and [[Africa]]. It carries thirty-one [[Transponder (satellite communications)|transponders]], and has an expected on-orbit lifespan of 12 years.

== Eutelsat 70C ==

== Eutelsat 80A ==

== Eutelsat 748E ==

== References ==

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