MISSION NAME
Hot Bird 7 & Stentor
Status
Failure
DATE
11 DEC 2002
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Arianespace
Launch Pad
Ariane Launch Area 3
Description
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.
Ariane 5 ECA
Rocket Description
Ariane 5 is a heavy-lift launch vehicle, part of the Ariane rocket family.