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VA231 - 74th success in a row

Arianespace orbited two key telecommunications payloads for Australia and India on the 74th consecutive success for its heavy-lift Ariane 5 – confirming this workhorse vehicle’s role as the launch ser...

VA231 - Mission Success

74TH SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH IN A ROW FOR ARIANE 5, EQUALING THE RECORD SET BY ARIANE 4, AND SUPPORTING THE SPACE AMBITIONS OF AUSTRALIA AND INDIA Arianespace has successfully launched the Sky MusterTM II ...

Sky Muster II (NBN-Co 1B) & GSAT-18

Overview

Destination: Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Mission: Communications

Geostationary Transfer Orbit Ariane Launch Area 3 Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

NBN-Co 1B, nicknamed Sky Muster II, is a high-throughput communications satellite tasked with providing high-speed broadband service to rural and remote areas of Australia. Launched along with it is the Indian geostationary communications satellite GSAT-18.

Ariane 5 ECA

Family:
Configuration: ECA

Ariane 5 is a heavy-lift launch vehicle, part of the Ariane rocket family.

Specifications

Max Stage
2
Length
57.7 m
Diameter
5.4 m
Fairing Diameter
5.4 m
Launch Mass
780.0 T
Thrust
11400.0 kN

Family

Name
Ariane 5 ECA
Family
―
Variant
ECA
Alias
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Full Name
Ariane 5 ECA

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
―
Low Earth Orbit
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Geostationary Transfer Orbit
10500.0 kg
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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ArianeGroup

(AG)

CEO: Christophe Bruneau Founded: 2015 Successes: 0 Failures: 0 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

ArianeGroup (formerly Airbus Safran Launchers) is an aerospace company based in France. A joint venture between Airbus and Safran, the company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux. It consists of three core arms: aerospace, defence and security.

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Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Ariane Launch Area 3

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