GE

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Program: GE. Objective: Communications. Overview: Communications satellite network. Major Events: .

08 September 1996 GE 1 Spacecraft: AS 2100. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Atlas IIA. More details
Geostationary at 103.0W. Launch vehicle put payload into supersynchronous earth orbit with IFR/MRS trajectory option.
30 January 1997 GE 2 Spacecraft: AS 2100. Launch Site: Kourou . Launch Vehicle: Ariane 44L. More details
Geosynchronous. Stationed over 84.9W
04 September 1997 GE 3 Spacecraft: AS 2100. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Atlas IIAS. More details
Geosynchronous. Stationed over 87.1W Launch vehicle put payload into supersynchronous earth orbit with IFR/MRS trajectory option.
28 October 1998 GE 5 Spacecraft: Eurostar 2000. Mass: 1,720 kg. Launch Site: Kourou . Launch Vehicle: Ariane 44L. More details
Satellite was originally built as a backup for Argentina's Nahuelsat. This allowed Dornier and Alcatel to deliver the satellite in a record twelve months. Dry mass of GE 5 was 769 kg - it carried 950 kg of propellant at launch. Geostationary at 36.4 degrees W.

Last update 12 March 2001.
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