COMSATBw 2B (SATCOMBw Stufe 3-2)

Overview

Destination: Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Mission: Government/Top Secret

Geostationary Transfer Orbit Ariane Launch Area 4 Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Second of two satellites of Germany's next generation of secure military satellite system. For the Bundeswehr, Airbus is the prime contractor for the design, integration, test and in orbit delivery of two new military GEO telecommunications satellites which are the successor communications satellites to COMSATBw 1 and 2.

Ariane 6

Family:
Configuration: N/A

Ariane 6 (unknown variant)

Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    63.0 m
  • Diameter
    5.4 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.4 m
  • Launch Mass
  • Thrust
Family
  • Name
    Ariane 6
  • Family
  • Variant
    N/A
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Ariane 6
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    21650.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    11500.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
    5000.0 kg
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    14900.0 kg

ArianeGroup

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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