Success
Eutelsat Konnect VHTS
Communications
Arianespace(ASA)CommercialAriane 5 ECA+
GTOorbit
Eutelsat Konnect VHTS is a large geostationary high-throughput Ka-band communications satellite designed to serve Europe with a capacity of 500 Gbps.
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at 9:45 PM
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Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,296
ASA Mission
#310
Pad Launch
#115
Location Launch
#315
Designator
2022-110
Launch Window
NET
Sep 7, 2022, 9:45 PM
Precision
Second
Schedule Changes
1 update
Ariane 5 ECA+ Specs
Ariane 5 ECA+ is a variant of the Ariane 5 heavy-lift vehicle, with a taller ECA-D upper stage.
Length
57.7 m
Diameter
5.4 m
Launch Mass
780 t
Thrust
11,400 kN
GTO Capacity
10,200 kg
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
2019
Fastest Turnaround
2mo 2d
Total Launches
11
Successful
11
Failed
0
Consecutive Success
11
Maiden flight: Aug 7, 2019
Social Flight Log
- Sep 7, 2022, 10:59 PM
Successful launch of Eutelsat Konnect VHTS
Source - Sep 7, 2022, 9:45 PM
Liftoff
Source - Sep 7, 2022, 9:30 PM
Live coverage has started
Source - Sep 6, 2022, 3:56 PM
Scrubbed for Sept. 6 due to weather
Source - Sep 2, 2022, 2:55 PM
Updating launch window
Source - Aug 29, 2022, 3:07 PM
Setting GO
Source - Aug 22, 2022, 5:58 PM
Targeting 21:45 UTC
Source - Jun 22, 2022, 10:48 PM
Targeting September 6
Source - Jun 7, 2022, 5:33 PM
Eutelsat Konnect VHTS confirmed as only payload on this flight.
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Arianespace
Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.
Founded
1980
Administrator
CEO: David Cavaillolès
Total Launches
326
Successful
311
Failed
15
Pending
29
Consecutive Success
14
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
The Guiana Space Centre is a European spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, a region of France in South America. Kourou is located at a latitude of 5°. In operation since 1968, it is a suitable location for a spaceport because of its equatorial location and open sea to the east.
Timezone
America/Cayenne
Local Launch Time
Sep 7, 2022, 6:45 PM
Total Launches
333
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
5.1690, -52.6903