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Launched 2016-06-18 21:38:39 UTCAriane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Success
Reached Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Worldwide
39th
orbital launch attempt in 2016
Arianespace
5th
launch this year
Ariane Launch Area 3
3rd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
101 d 16 h
since the pad's previous launch
Both Echostar-18 and BRISat are built by Space Systems/Loral using their 1300 bus to provide communications at geostationary orbit for 15 years. Echostar-18 will be positioned at 110 degrees west to replace Echostar-10, whereas BRISat will be stationed at 150 degrees east. BRISat will provide exclusive coverage for the Indonesian bank BRI which has 9,800 branches serving 50 million customers across the Indonesian archipelago. Echostar-18 and BRISat weigh 6000kg and 3500kg respectively.
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.
Launches
328
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Upcoming
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scheduled
Height
57.7m
Diameter
5.4m
Liftoff thrust
11,400kN
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