Ariane 5 ECA | Hot Bird 7 & Stentor

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Ariane 5 ECA | Hot Bird 7 & Stentor

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.

Mission type: Communications · Orbit: Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Rocket: Ariane 5 ECA · Provider: Arianespace

Launch pad

Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana · View on map (opens in new tab)