SES-14/GOLD & Al Yah-3
Launch Partial Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
22:20:00
Thursday January 25, 2018
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Launch Notes
Due to programming errors in the Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC), the satellites were placed on an off-nominal orbit. Flight VA241.
Al Yah-3
Al Yah 3 is a planned Ka-band communication satellite Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat)', a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mubadala Development Company. The Al Yah 3 satellite is built by Orbital based on the new GEOStar-3 bus. It has a launch weight of 3500 kg. The payload consists of 58 Ka-band spot beams.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
3,795 kilograms
SES-14/GOLD
SES-14 is a communications satellite for SES. It hosts NASA’s Global-Scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) instrument payload.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
4,423 kilograms
Rocket
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
Launch Site
Stats
Ariane 5
97th
Mission
1st
Mission of 2018
European Space Agency
256th
Mission
1st
Mission of 2018
2018
12th
Orbital launch attempt