Mission record
Ariane 5 ECA | Sky Muster II (NBN-Co 1B) & GSAT-18
Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
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Provider
Arianespace
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
GTO
Mission type
Communications
Launch site
French Guiana
Date
Wed, 05 Oct 2016 20:30:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5591 ever
Mission
NBN-Co 1B, nicknamed Sky Muster II, is a high-throughput communications satellite tasked with providing high-speed broadband service to rural and remote areas of Australia. Launched along with it is the Indian geostationary communications satellite GSAT-18.
Deployed payloads · 2