Ariane 5 ECA | Star One C4 & MSG 4
Launch Successful
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Launch Window
July 15, 2015, 9:42 p.m. - July 15, 2015, 10:19 p.m.
July 15, 2015, 9:42 p.m. - July 15, 2015, 10:19 p.m.
MSG-4 Sat will join four other Meteosat-series meteorological platforms that currently are operational in geostationary orbit at 36,000 km. above the equator. Star One C4 Sat will support telephone, television, radio, data transmission and Internet services in Brazil, Latin American countries and the United States.
Ariane 5 is a heavy-lift launch vehicle, part of the Ariane rocket family.
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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