Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
22:18:00
Tuesday February 18, 2020
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Flight VA252. The EPS second stage has been slightly lengthened by 4cm to increase the performance of the launcher.
JCSAT-17 is a geostationary communications satellite ordered by SKY Perfect JSAT Group to be designed and manufactured by Lockheed Martin on the A2100 platform with a 15-year design life. Its payload is composed of S-band transponders with a flexible processor that will allow it to redirect capacity to concentrate on disaster relief efforts or other high-volume events.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
5,857 kilograms
GEO-KOMPSAT 2B is a South Korean geostationary meteorological satellite developed by KARI. It is one component of the two satellite GEO-KOMPSAT 2 program. The GEO-KOMPSAT-2 program is to develop two geostationary orbit satellites, the meteorological GEO-KOMPSAT-2A (GK2A) and the ocean monitoring GEO-KOMPSAT-2B (GK2B) sharing the same satellite bus. The lifetime of both satellites will be no less than 10 years. GEO-KOMPSAT-2B (GK2B) is for the ocean monitoring mission and the environment monitoring mission, featuring the Airbus Space-built GOCI-II(Geostationary Ocean Color Imager-II) and the Ball Aerospace-built GEMS(Environmental monitoring sensor) payloads. The satellite will be stationed at 128° East. GEO-KOMPSAT-2B is planned for launch in 2019. Due to defective parts, the launch was delayed to the 1st quarter of 2020.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
3,379 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
108th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 2020
277th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 2020
14th
Orbital launch attempt