NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

GSAT-31 & Hellas-Sat-4

Launch Time
Tue Feb 05, 2019 21:01 UTC

Flight VA247, highest Ariane 5 ever launched.

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

Mission Details

GSAT-31

GSAT-31 is a telecommunications satellite designed and manufactured by the Indian space agency, ISRO. To be positioned at a longitude of 48° East, GSAT-31 is configured on ISRO’s enhanced I-2K bus structure to provide communications services from geostationary orbit in Ku-band for a lifetime greater than 15 years.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,536.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Hellas-Sat-4

Hellas Sat 4 is a communication satellite of the Greek satellite communications company Hellas Sat. It is being built by Lockheed Martin.

It is planned to provide telecommunications capabilities, including television, Internet, telephone, and secure military communications to customers in the Middle East, Africa, and Europe.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 6,495.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

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

Stats

2019

8th orbital launch attempt

Arianespace

267th mission
1st mission of 2019
258th successful mission
11th consecutive successful mission

Ariane 5

103rd mission
1st mission of 2019
98th successful mission
6th consecutive successful mission