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BoeingLaunch SuccessfulCommunicationsDelta IV M+(4,2)
Launched 2002-11-20 22:39 UTCSpace Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Geosynchronous Orbit
Worldwide
53rd
orbital launch attempt in 2002
Boeing
1st
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 37B
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
13287 d 7 h
since the pad's previous launch
EUTELSAT W5 was a European (EUTELSAT Consortium) geostationary communication spacecraft. EUTELSAT W5 was to provide voice, video, and Internet services to all countries in western Europe, central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent
Boeing as a space agency has recently provided NASA with assistance on sending humans to the ISS from American with both their construction of the CST-100 Starliner crew capsule and their work on the SLS Avionics to return to the moon and beyond. Their ventures in GPS satellite systems and Tracking and Data Relay Satellites provide information about earth-orbiting craft to stations on the ground. They also enable research on the ISS and will be helping with the construction of the Lunar Gateway.
Launches
2
Successful
1
50%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
66.2m
Diameter
5m
To low Earth orbit
11,920kg
Liftoff thrust
4,200kN
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