Mission record

Ariane 5 ECA | Astra 3B & COMSATBw-2

Ariane 5 ECA· Ariane Launch Area 3· Success
Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
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Provider
Arianespace
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
GTO
Mission type
Communications
Launch site
French Guiana
Date
Fri, 21 May 2010 22:01:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5054 ever

Mission

Astra 3B is one of the Astra satellites operated by SES to provide digital television & radio for direct to home communications for Europe and the Middle East, operating at 23.5 degrees East. COMSATBw 1 is a satellite providing German military communications for voice and fax as well as advanced data, video and multimedia.

Deployed payloads · 2
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