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ArianespaceMixed resultCommunicationsAriane 5 ECA
Launched 2018-01-25 22:20 UTCAriane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Payloads placed into an incorrect orbit.
From Launch Library 2 · updated
Partial failure
Target: Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit
Ariane 5 ECA lifted off with Al Yah 3 & SES-14, but the launch was only a partial success.
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Al Yah 3 is a geostationary communications satellite built by Orbital ATK for Yahsat. It weighs 3790 kg, carries 53 Ka-band user beams and 4 gateway beams, and is intended for 15 years of operation in orbit. Al Yah 3 will provide telecommunication services to Africa and Brazil. SES-14 is also a communications satellite to be placed in geostationary orbit, replacing NSS-806 satellite. SES-14 coverage includes the Americas and the North Atlantic Region. Spacecraft also carries a hosted payload for NASA, Global-Scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission, which will be imaging Earth's thermosphere and ionospehere for two years.
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.
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Height
57.7m
Diameter
5.4m
Liftoff thrust
11,400kN
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