Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
21:34:00
Thursday April 5, 2018
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Flight VA242.
HYLAS-4 is a telecommunications satellite owned and operated by Avanti Communications. The satellite is built to provide high-speed data transmission services to Africa, Latin America, and Europe. It is based on Orbital ATK's Star-3 Bus, delivering 64 28 GHz fixed beams covering Africa and parts of Europe.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
4,050 kilograms
Superbird-B3, known as Superbird-8 before launch, and DSN-1 (Kirameki-1) for its military payload, is a geostationary communications satellite operated by SKY Perfect JSAT Group and designed and manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric on the DS2000 platform.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
5,348 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
98th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 2018
258th
Mission
3rd
Mission of 2018
33rd
Orbital launch attempt