Spacecraft nº: |
UK spacecraft nº: 33 |
Launch data:
| Designation |
26695
/ 01005B
|
|
Launch
date | 07 Feb 2001 - 23:05:10 UT |
| Launch site | Ko, ELA-2 |
| Launch vehicle:
| Ariane-44L (V139) |
| Mission | Military: Communications |
| Geostationary orbit: |
| Location |
1°W
|
Location:
| Begin |
End |
Position |
| L: 7 Feb 2001 |
|
5°E |
Would have 2 S-band
transponders which is new for Skynet satellites.
Skynet 4F is the last of the venerable ECS (European Communications Satellite) class of satellites and was built by Astrium/Stevenage. It carries a Thiokol Star 30 apogee motor and its mass is 1489 kg full, 830 kg dry - a dry mass more than twice the first OTS.
Ref: #7(SR446), 15 - update: 25.01.02