Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
21:39:00
Tuesday February 14, 2017
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Flight VA235.
It is a 6-tonne satellite operated by AT & T, a subsidiary of Direct TV Latin America. Equipped with 60 transponders in the Ku band and 21 in the Ka-band, it was manufactured by Airbus Defense & Space. It will provide HDTV and 3D video services as well as the distribution of 20 additional beams for local TVs over South America at 43.1 ° W.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
6,000 kilograms
It will replace the Telkom 3, lost in orbit when it was launched by a Russian Proton in 2012. With a mass of 3550 kg, it is equipped with 24 C-band transponders and 10 Ku-band transponders for HDTV, GSM, and Internet. Stalled over Asia at 118 ° E, it will replace Telkom 2 launched in 2005.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
3,550 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
91st
Mission
1st
Mission of 2017
246th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 2017
8th
Orbital launch attempt