Mission record

Ariane 5 ECA | Eutelsat 65 West A

Ariane 5 ECA· Ariane Launch Area 3· Success
Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
Orbits are real (live SGP4) — press play to sweep the deployed group forward along their planes. Ascent path is a representation; true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Arianespace
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
GTO
Mission type
Communications
Launch site
French Guiana
Date
Wed, 09 Mar 2016 05:20:07 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5543 ever
Go probability
0%

Mission

Located at 65 degrees west in GEO, Eutelsat 65 West A will contain 15 C-Band, 24 Ku-band and 24 Ka-Band transponders to provide coverage for Brazil and Latin America. Based on the SSL-1300 platform the satellite weights 6600kg and is powered by 2 solar arrays.

Deployed payloads · 1
▶ Watch the launch
TheSpaceDevs ↗