Ariane 5 ECA | SES-14/GOLD & Al Yah-3

Status

Partial Failure

SES-14/GOLD & Al Yah-3

Launch Time
Thu Jan 25, 2018 22:20 UTC

Due to programming errors in the Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC), the satellites were placed on an off-nominal orbit. Flight VA241.

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Rocket

Ariane 5 ECA

Image Credit: Arianespace

Arianespace

Status: Retired

Price: $200.0 million

Liftoff Thrust: 15,120 kN

Payload to LEO: 21,000 kg

Payload to GTO: 10,500 kg

Stages: 2

Strap-ons: 2

Rocket Height: 53.0 m

Fairing Diameter: 5.4 m

Fairing Height: 17.0 m

Details

Mission Details

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.

Payloads: 1

Total Mass: 4,423.0 kg

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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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.

Payloads: 1

Total Mass: 3,795.0 kg

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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Location

ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France

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Stats

2018

12th orbital launch attempt

Arianespace

256th mission

1st mission of 2018

Ariane 5

97th mission

1st mission of 2018