NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Sky Muster II & GSAT-18

Launch Time
Wed Oct 05, 2016 20:30 UTC

Flight VA231.

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

Sky Muster II

Produced by SSL (Space Systems Loral) for operator NBN, Sky Muster II will help extend high-speed internet across Australia, including the country’s rural and isolated regions.

As with NBN’s first Sky Muster satellite – which was launched in September 2015 on another Ariane 5 flight – Sky Muster II is a Ka-band, high-throughput broadband satellite.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 6,405.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

GSAT-18

GSAT-18 is an Indian communications satellite. Built by ISRO and operated by INSAT, it carries 24 C-band, 12 extended C-band, and 12 Ku-band transponders.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 3,404.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

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

Stats

2016

61st orbital launch attempt

Arianespace

241st mission
8th mission of 2016
233rd successful mission
24th consecutive successful mission

Ariane 5

88th mission
5th mission of 2016
84th successful mission
74th consecutive successful mission