Superbird-7 & AMC-21

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

20:44:00

Thursday August 14, 2008

Mission Details

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Launch Notes

Flight V185.

AMC-21

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AMC-21 is based on a STAR-2 platform that provides 4.4 kilowatts of power for the communications payload. The platform will support a 15-year on-orbit mission life. It carries 24 J band (IEEE Ku band) transponders, which will be used to broadcast television signals to Canada the Caribbean, Mexico, and the United States.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

2,500 kilograms

Superbird-7

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Superbird-C2, known as Superbird-7 before launch, is a geostationary communications satellite operated by JSAT Corporation and designed and manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric on the DS2000 platform. It was the first commercial communications satellite built in Japan. It was originally ordered by Space Communications Corporation, but it was later merged and absorbed by JSAT Corporation, and by the time of the actual launch it was a fully used Superbird-C2 as a replacement for Superbird-C to provide communications services to Japan, Eastern Asia, and the Pacific Ocean.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

4,820 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Ariane 5 ECA

Active 2002 to 2023

European Space Agency logo

Manufacturer

ESA

Price

$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

Launch Site

ELA-3

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France

Fastest Turnaround

24 days 3 hours

Stats

Ariane 5


41st

Mission

5th

Mission of 2008

European Space Agency


173rd

Mission

5th

Mission of 2008

2008


39th

Orbital launch attempt