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Proton-M Briz-M | Eutelsat 9B

Eutelsat 9B

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 29 Jan 2016, 10:20 pm UTC

Rocket: Proton-M Briz-M (Proton / UR-500)

Provider: International Launch Services

Mission

Type: Communications

Orbit: Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Pad: 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Description

Located at 9 degrees East in GEO, Eutelsat 9B will contain 66 Ku-band transponders for European countries. Based on the Eurostar E3000 platform the satellite weights 5175kg and is powered by 2 solar arrays.