Ariane 5 ECA | Echostar 18 & BRIsat
Launch Successful
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June 18, 2016, 9:38 p.m.
Launch Window
June 18, 2016, 8:30 p.m. - June 18, 2016, 9:40 p.m.
June 18, 2016, 8:30 p.m. - June 18, 2016, 9:40 p.m.
The shipping container with Ariane 5’s “upper composite” – composed of the ESC-A cryogenic upper stage and vehicle equipment bay – is unloaded from the MN Colibri transport ship docked at Pariacabo Port in French Guiana. This component is for an Arianespace Ariane 5 mission in early June with the ...
Both Echostar-18 and BRISat are built by Space Systems/Loral using their 1300 bus to provide communications at geostationary orbit for 15 years. Echostar-18 will be positioned at 110 degrees west to replace Echostar-10, whereas BRISat will be stationed at 150 degrees east. BRISat will provide exclusive coverage for the Indonesian bank BRI which has 9,800 branches serving 50 million customers across the Indonesian archipelago. Echostar-18 and BRISat weigh 6000kg and 3500kg respectively.
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