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This page records Ariane 5 ECA | Hot Bird 7 & Stentor and its reported outcome: Launch Failure. The date above is a historical record.
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Hot Bird 7 was a French communications satellite for direct to home broadcasting services from geostationary orbit at a longitude of 13 degrees East. Stentor is an experimental programme to validate technologies to be integrated into the next generation of telecommunications spacecraft.
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Ariane 5 is a heavy-lift launch vehicle, part of the Ariane rocket family.
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Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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