Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
DirecTV-9S
The DirecTV satellite fleet is a group of communications satellites located at various geostationary orbits for the DirecTV satellite television service and HughesNet (formerly known as DirecWAY and DirecPC) internet service.
DirecTV-9S is an in-orbit spare for DirecTV-4S and does not presently broadcast any channels.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 5,501.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Optus D1
Optus is an Australian telecommunications company. Optus has the largest network of satellites in Australia and New Zealand.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,350.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
LDREX-2
The LDREX (Large-scale Deployable Reflector Experiment Model) is a small partial model antenna built to validate the design of the ETS-8's Large Deployable Antenna, and will conduct experiments to solve various technical problems that the ETS-8 is facing. LDREX lifetime is around 20 minutes.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 212.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Location
ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France
Stats
2006
46th orbital launch attempt
Arianespace
161st mission
4th mission of 2006
154th successful mission
17th consecutive successful mission
Ariane 5
29th mission
4th mission of 2006
25th successful mission
15th consecutive successful mission