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Ariane 5 launch on July 25, 2018 (VA244 Galileo)

Ariane 5 launch with four new Galileo satellites (23 to 26) on board. liftoff at 13:25 (Paris time). Crédits : CNES. https://ariane.cnes.fr/en

Décollage du vol Ariane 244 depuis le CSG

Mercredi 25 juillet, Ariane 5 a parfaitement réussi sa mission après son lancement depuis le Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG), en mettant en orbite 4 satellites supplémentaires de la constellation Galile...

Galileo 23-26 – Liftoff

Europe’s next four Galileo satellites lifted off at 11:25 GMT (13:25 CEST, 08:25 local time) on 25 July from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana atop an Ariane 5 launcher. Copyright: ESA/CNES/Arianes...

Flight VA244 | Ariane 5 Best of Liftoff | Arianespace

Arianespace has successfully launched four more satellites in the Galileo constellation. Liftoff was at 8:25 a.m.(local time) July 25, 2018 from the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, ...

Galileo L10 (FOC FM19-FM22)

Overview

Destination: Medium Earth Orbit
Mission: Communications

Medium Earth Orbit Ariane Launch Area 3 Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana #VA244

The Galileo constellation is ESA's satellite navigation system and is expected to be completed by 2020. Galileo will provide Europe with an alternative to the American GPS and Russian GLONASS constellations, but will be interoperable with both systems.

Ariane 5 ES

Family:
Configuration: ES

The Ariane 5 ES (Evolution Storable) has an estimated LEO launch capacity of 21,000 kg (46,000 lb). It includes all the performance improvements of Ariane 5 ECA core and boosters but replaces the ESC-A second stage with the restartable EPS used on Ariane 5 GS variants. It was used to launch the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) into a 260 km circular low Earth orbit inclined at 51.6° and has been used 3 times to launch 4 Galileo navigation satellites at a time directly into their operational orbit. The Ariane 5 ES flew 8 times from 2008 to 2018 with no failures.

Specifications

Max Stage
2
Length
45.7 m
Diameter
5.4 m
Fairing Diameter
5.4 m
Launch Mass
746.0 T
Thrust
11400.0 kN

Family

Name
Ariane 5 ES
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Variant
ES
Alias
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Full Name
Ariane 5 ES

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
21000.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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ArianeGroup

(AG)

CEO: Martin Sion 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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