Intelsat 32e/SkyBrasil-1 & Telkom-3S

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

21:39:00

Tuesday February 14, 2017

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Launch Notes

Flight VA235.

Intelsat 32e/SkyBrasil-1

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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

Telkom 3S

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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

Rocket

Retired
Ariane 5 ECA

Active 2002 to 2023

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Manufacturer

ESA

Price

$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

ELA-3

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France

Fastest Turnaround

24 days 3 hours

Stats

Ariane 5


91st

Mission

1st

Mission of 2017

European Space Agency


246th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 2017

2017


8th

Orbital launch attempt