Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
21:45:00
Wednesday September 7, 2022
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Flight VA258.
Eutelsat Communications ordered in April a new-generation high-throughput Ka-band satellite called Eutelsat Konnect VHTS from Thales Alenia Space to serve Europe with a Ka-band capacity of 500 Gbps. The 6400 kg satellite will use Thales Alenia Space's new Spacebus-Neo platform and will be launched in 2021. It will use the most powerful onboard digital processor ever put in orbit, offering capacity allocation flexibility, optimal spectrum use, and progressive ground network deployment. Thales Alenia Space will also develop a satellite and ground segment solution. The investment in KONNECT VHTS replaces the project of a joint investment with ViaSat in the ViaSat 3-EMEA satellite for Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
6,400 kilograms
Manufacturer
ESAPrice
$200.00 million
Rocket
Diameter: 5.4m
Height: 53m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 21,000 kg
GTO: 10,500 kg
Liftoff Thrust
15,120 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 5.4m
Height: 17m
Stages
2
Strap-ons
2
114th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 2022
292nd
Mission
3rd
Mission of 2022
114th
Orbital launch attempt