Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
21:41:00
Saturday June 26, 2010
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Flight V195.
Chollian, also known as Communication, Ocean, and Meteorological Satellite 1 (COMS-1), is a South Korean satellite that was launched in June 2010. It is operated by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, which uses it for communication, oceanography, and meteorological observation.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
2,460 kilograms
Arabsat-5A is a Saudi Arabian communications satellite operated by Arabsat. It is used to provide television, internet, and telephone services to Arabia, Africa, and Europe. Arabsat-5A was constructed by Astrium and is based on the Eurostar-3000 satellite bus. It has a mass of 4,800 kilograms (10,600 lb), and carries forty transponders; sixteen broadcasting in the G/H band of the NATO-defined spectrum, or the C band of the IEEE-defined spectrum, and twenty-four operating in the NATO J band or the IEEE Ku band. Its solar arrays are expected to generate around 12 kilowatts of power at the beginning of the satellite's design life, and around 11 kilowatts at the end of it.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
4,800 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
51st
Mission
2nd
Mission of 2010
183rd
Mission
2nd
Mission of 2010
34th
Orbital launch attempt