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The Mission




Rocket: Proton M with Breeze M upper stage
Payload: Eutelsat's W3A
Date: March 15, 2004
Time: 2306 GMT (6:06 p.m. EST)
Site: Complex 81, Pad 24, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Satellite feed: Galaxy 3, Transponder 2, C-band

Launch events timeline

Ground track map time

Orbit insertion graphic



The Payload




The W3A spacecraft, built by EADS Astrium, will provide communications services to Europe and sub-Saharan Africa for operator Eutelsat.

Learn more



The Launcher




The Khrunichev-built three-stage Proton M rocket and the Breeze M fourth stage will launch W3A spacecraft.

Proton fact sheet

Archived Proton coverage



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BY JUSTIN RAY

Follow the countdown and launch of the Russian Proton rocket carrying the W3A telecommunications satellite. Reload this page for the very latest on the mission.