Ariane 5 ECA+ | SES-17 & Syracuse 4A
Launch Successful
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Oct. 24, 2021, 2:10 a.m.
Launch Window
Oct. 24, 2021, 1:01 a.m. - Oct. 24, 2021, 3:30 a.m.
Oct. 24, 2021, 1:01 a.m. - Oct. 24, 2021, 3:30 a.m.
SES-17 is a Ka-band high-throughput geostationary communications satellite built by Thales Alenia Space designed to provide mobile internet services to airline passengers over the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean. Syracuse 4A is a French military communications satellite built by Thales Alenia Space.
Launch success confirmed
Liftoff
New launch time.
Ariane 5 ECA+ is a variant of the Ariane 5 heavy-lift vehicle, with a taller ECA-D upper stage.
Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.
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