Eutelsat W2A

A Proton-M/Briz-M launched Eutelsat's W2A communications satellite, which extended Ku-band capacity for video, broadband and telecom services across Europe, Africa and the Middle East and boosted the operator's C-band coverage over Africa.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

Direct-GEO

Geostationary orbit

Payload to orbit

6.9 T

Flight

5th

of 33 Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced flights

Date and time

3 April 2009, 16:24 UTC

Rocket

Proton-M Briz-M Enhanced

Builder

Khrunichev

Launch site

200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Payload

Communications

International designator

2009-016

Launches in 2009

17th of 78

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