GSAT-31 & Hellas-Sat-4

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

21:01:00

Tuesday February 5, 2019

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Mission Details

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Launch Notes

Flight VA247, highest Ariane 5 ever launched.

Hellas-Sat-4

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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.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

6,495 kilograms

GSAT-31

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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.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

2,536 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Ariane 5 ECA

Active 2002 to 2023

European Space Agency logo

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


103rd

Mission

1st

Mission of 2019

European Space Agency


267th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2019

2019


8th

Orbital launch attempt