NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Hispasat AG1

Launch Time
Sat Jan 28, 2017 01:03 UTC

Flight VS16. First Soyuz-ST flight to GTO.

Rocket

Soyuz ST-B/Fregat-MT
Image Credit: ESA
Arianespace
Status: Active
Price: $30.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 4,317 kN
Payload to LEO: 9,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 3,250 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 46.94 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.11 m
Fairing Height: 11.43 m

Mission Details

Hispasat AG1

In May 2008 ESA and Hispasat S.A. (Spain) signed a preliminary authorisation to proceed with the Small GEO Mission Hispasat AG1 (HAG1, Hispasat Advanced Generation 1). It was renamed Hispasat 36W-1 in March 2016. This will launch the initial activities of an industrial consortium led by Hispasat.

The signing took place in the presence of representatives from the German Space Agency (DLR), the Spanish Delegation to ESA (CDTI), and OHB-System AG.

The Small GEO Programme is aimed at the development of a small, general-purpose geostationary satellite platform, which will enable European industry to compete effectively in the commercial telecom market for small platforms.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 3,200.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

ELS, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France

Stats

2017

7th orbital launch attempt

Arianespace

245th mission
1st mission of 2017
237th successful mission
28th consecutive successful mission

Soyuz 2.1b

33rd mission
1st mission of 2017
31st successful mission
14th consecutive successful mission