DirecTV-15 & Sky Mexico 1

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

21:16:00

Wednesday May 27, 2015

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Mission Details

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Launch Notes

Flight VA223.

Sky Mexico 1

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Sky Central America and Caribbean is a company that operates a subscription television service in Mexico, Central America, and the Dominican Republic. It produces TV content and owns several TV channels. It is one of Mexico's leading pay-TV providers and is owned by Televisa and AT&T International, a subsidiary of AT&T.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

2,962 kilograms

DirecTV-15

Wiki

The DirecTV satellite fleet is a group of communications satellites located at various geostationary orbits for the DirecTV satellite television service and HughesNet (formerly known as DirecWAY and DirecPC) internet service.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

6,205 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


79th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 2015

European Space Agency


225th

Mission

4th

Mission of 2015

2015


28th

Orbital launch attempt