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Atlas V 401 | Hellas Sat 2

Hellas Sat 2

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 13 May 2003, 10:10 pm UTC

Rocket: Atlas V 401 (Atlas)

Provider: Lockheed Martin

Mission

Type: Communications

Orbit: Geostationary Orbit

Pad: Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Description

The 3450 kg satellite carries 30 Ku-band transponders to provide direct-to-home voice and video transmissions to much of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, after parking over 39.0° East longitude.