Eutelsat W5 lifetime to drop three years
SHORTENED LIFE: Eutelsat says studies by Thales Alenia Space show that a June 16-17 incident involving a solar panel failure on its W5 spacecraft will reduce the satellite’s lifetime by up to three years. This means the nominal life of the spacecraft, which was launched in 2002, would end in the...
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