Eutelsat’s Sea Launch safely away

December 4, 2012
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Eutelsat’s massive 70B craft was successfully orbited from the floating Sea Launch platform overnight on December 3-4. The launch took place at 20.44 GMT on the 3rd. The huge 5.2 tonne satellite is to be placed at 70.5 degrees East.

Eutelsat, in a statement, said the craft’s solar panels had been partly deployed some two hours after launch.  The satellite was built by Astrium using its popular E3000 platform, and with its 48 Ku-band transponders will more than double Eutelsat’s operational capacity from 70.5 degrees East serving Europe, Africa, Asia and as far as Australia.

Eutelsat 70B will undergo pre-service tests once in orbit and is expected to enter service in mid-January 2013.


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