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Skynet 5B & Star One C1

Overview

Destination: Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Mission: Communications

Geostationary Transfer Orbit Ariane Launch Area 3 Kourou, French Guiana

Skynet 5B is a military communications satellite for the British Ministry of Defence and operated by Paradigm Secure Communications. It is located at 53 degrees East. Star One C1 is a Brazilian communications satellite located in Geostationary Orbit at 65 degrees West.

Ariane 5 ECA

Family: Ariane 5
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 T
Thrust
11400 kN

Family

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

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
―
Low Earth Orbit
―
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
10500 kg
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
―

ArianeGroup

CEO: André-Hubert Roussel Founded: 2015 Successes: 0 Failures: 0 Pending: 0

Agency Type: Commercial

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.

Kourou, French Guiana

Ariane Launch Area 3

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