Ariane 5 ECA | Al Yah 3 & SES-14
Launch was a Partial Failure
Payloads placed into an incorrect orbit.L - -- : -- : -- : --
Launch Window
Jan. 25, 2018, 10:20 p.m. - Jan. 25, 2018, 11:05 p.m.
Jan. 25, 2018, 10:20 p.m. - Jan. 25, 2018, 11:05 p.m.
Al Yah 3 is a geostationary communications satellite built by Orbital ATK for Yahsat. It weighs 3790 kg, carries 53 Ka-band user beams and 4 gateway beams, and is intended for 15 years of operation in orbit. Al Yah 3 will provide telecommunication services to Africa and Brazil. SES-14 is also a communications satellite to be placed in geostationary orbit, replacing NSS-806 satellite. SES-14 coverage includes the Americas and the North Atlantic Region. Spacecraft also carries a hosted payload for NASA, Global-Scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission, which will be imaging Earth's thermosphere and ionospehere for two years.
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