NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

AsiaSat 9

Launch Time
Thu Sep 28, 2017 18:52 UTC

Rocket

Proton-M/Briz-M
ILS
Status: Active
Price: $65.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 10,027 kN
Payload to LEO: 21,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 6,900 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 58.18 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.35 m
Fairing Height: 15.26 m

Mission Details

AsiaSat 9

AsiaSat 9 is a communications satellite of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company, which was ordered in December 2013 from SSL.

The satellite will feature 28 C-band and 32 Ku-band transponders and a Ka-band payload and will be stationed at 122.2° east. It will replace the aging AsiaSat 4.

Besides the communication payload, the satellite was also to host a commercial meteorology payload for GeoMetWatch Corp. The STORM (Sounding and Tracking Observatory for Regional Meteorology) payload is a hyperspectral sensor designed to provide high-resolution soundings of atmospheric conditions, including temperature and humidity, for weather forecasting and storm tracking. It is based on NASA's cancelled GIFTS sensor. In April 2014, it was announced, that STORM was dropped from the mission due to lack of funding.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 6,141.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

Site 200/39, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Stats

2017

61st orbital launch attempt

Proton-M

102nd mission
4th mission of 2017
91st successful mission
12th consecutive successful mission