Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
21:01:00
Tuesday February 5, 2019
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Flight VA247, highest Ariane 5 ever launched.
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 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
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
103rd
Mission
1st
Mission of 2019
267th
Mission
1st
Mission of 2019
8th
Orbital launch attempt