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Arianespace Vol VS17 / SES-15 (VF)

MISSION VS17 : AVEC SOYUZ, ARIANESPACE REUSSIT LE LANCEMENT DE SES-15, PREMIER SATELLITE TOUT ELECTRIQUE DE L’OPERATEUR SES Arianespace a mis en orbite le sa...

Arianespace Flight VS17 / SES-15

Arianespace’s workhorse Soyuz launch vehicle successfully delivered SES-15 – an all-electric telecommunications satellite for operation by European-based SES...

The 40th SES satellite orbited by Arianespace is lofted on its latest Soyuz mission success

The flight, designated VS17 in Arianespace’s launcher family numbering system, lasted 5 hrs., 18 min. from the precise liftoff at 08:54:53 a.m. (local time i...

Décollage du Vol Soyouz 17 (images ralenties)

Le 18 mai 17, le lanceur Soyouz a réussi sa mission en mettant sur orbite le satellite SES-15, après son décollage du Centre spatial guyanais, port de l'Euro...

SES-15

Overview

Destination: Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Mission: Communications

Geostationary Transfer Orbit Soyuz Launch Complex Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

SES 15 is a geostationary communications satellite operating in Ka- and Ku-bands in North America, which uses electric propulsion for initial orbit raising and all on-orbit manoeuvres.

Soyuz STA

Family:
Configuration: Fregat

The 2.1a version includes conversion from analog to digital flight control system and uprated engines on the booster and the first stage with improved injection systems. The new digital flight control and telemetry systems allow the rocket to launch from a fixed rather than angled launch platform and adjust its heading in flight. A digital control system also enables the launch of larger commercial satellites with wider and longer payload fairings such as the ST-type fairing. These fairings introduce too much aerodynamic instability for the old analog system to handle. This stage continues to use the RD-0110 engine. The 2.1a/ST version is sometimes called Soyuz ST-A.

Specifications

Stages
3
Length
46.3 m
Diameter
2.95 m
Fairing Diameter
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Launch Mass
312.0 T
Thrust
―

Family

Name
Soyuz STA
Family
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Variant
Fregat
Alias
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Full Name
Soyuz STA Fregat

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
7020.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
2810.0 kg
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
4230.0 kg

Progress Rocket Space Center

(PRSC)

CEO: Dmitry Baranov Founded: 1996 Successes: 44 Failures: 1 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

Progress Rocket Space Centre, formerly known as TsSKB-Progress, is a space science and aerospace research company which is known for manufacturing launch vehicles and satellites. Most notably, Progress Rocket Space Centre is the manufacturer of Soyuz launch vehicles.

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