Success
SES-17 & Syracuse 4A
Communications
Arianespace(ASA)CommercialAriane 5 ECA+
GTOorbit
SES-17 is a Ka-band high-throughput geostationary communications satellite built by Thales Alenia Space designed to provide mobile internet services to airline passengers over the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean. Syracuse 4A is a French military communications satellite built by Thales Alenia Space.
Sunday, October 24, 2021 at 2:10 AM
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Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,140
ASA Mission
#303
Pad Launch
#112
Location Launch
#308
Designator
2021-095
Launch Window
NET
Oct 24, 2021, 2:10 AM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Lift Off
1:01 AM
Window Open
3:30 AM
Window Close
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
- Oct 24, 2021, 3:07 AM
Launch success confirmed
Source - Oct 24, 2021, 2:10 AM
Liftoff
- Oct 23, 2021, 6:32 AM
New launch time.
Source - Oct 22, 2021, 11:28 AM
Delayed due to additional checks on the ground support equipment
Source - Oct 11, 2021, 7:18 PM
Launch date & time announced by the Guiana Space Centre.
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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
Oct 23, 2021, 11:10 PM
Total Launches
333
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
5.1690, -52.6903