Eutelsat 8 West B & Intelsat 34

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

20:34:00

Thursday August 20, 2015

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Mission Details

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Launch Notes

Flight VA225.

Eutelsat 8

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Eutelsat's satellites are used for broadcasting 6,800 television stations, of which 1,200 are in HD, and 1,100 radio stations to over 274 million cable and satellite homes. They also serve requirements for TV contribution services, corporate networks, mobile communications, Internet backbone connectivity, and broadband access for terrestrial, maritime, and in-flight applications.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

5,782 kilograms

Intelsat 34

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INTELSAT 34 or IS-34 is a communications satellite built on Space Systems/Loral's 1300-series satellite platform. The satellite broadcasts television to homes in Brazil, distributes video programming for companies like HBO and Fox across Latin America, and beams Internet broadband services to travelers aboard airplanes and ships crossing the North Atlantic Ocean. Intelsat 34, unlike its predecessor, does not include the UHF band that Intelsat had been unable to sell to its intended customer, the U.S. Department of Defense.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

3,300 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


81st

Mission

4th

Mission of 2015

European Space Agency


228th

Mission

7th

Mission of 2015

2015


42nd

Orbital launch attempt