Inmarsat S/Hellas Sat 3 is a

satellite A satellite or artificial satellite is an object intentionally placed into orbit in outer space. Except for passive satellites, most satellites have an electricity generation system for equipment on board, such as solar panels or radioisotope ...

owned by

Hellas Sat Hellas Sat Consortium Ltd (Hellas Sat) is the owner and a wholesaler of capacity and services of the Greek/Cypriot Hellas Sat 2 satellite, an Astrium Eurostar E2000+, which was launched successfully on 13 May 2003 to the 39th eastern meridian o ...

. It was launched (on an

Ariane 5 Ariane 5 is a European heavy-lift space launch vehicle developed and operated by Arianespace for the European Space Agency (ESA). It is launched from the Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG) in French Guiana. It has been used to deliver payloads int ...

rocket) on 28 June 2017, 21:15 UTC to replace the

Hellas Sat 2 Hellas Sat 2 (previously called as Intelsat K-TV, NSS K-TV, NSS 6, Intelsat APR3, and Sinosat 1B) is a communications satellite operated by Hellas Sat. On 29 June 2017, the Hellas Sat 3 satellite was launched to replace the Hellas Sat 2. Launc ...

satellite.Greece & Cyprus launch ‘Hellas Sat 3′ satellite
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* Communications satellites in geostationary orbit Intelsat satellites Satellites of Greece Spacecraft launched in 2017 2017 in Greece Satellites using the Spacebus bus Ariane commercial payloads {{communications-satellite-stub