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ArianespaceMixed resultCommunicationsAriane 5 G
Launched 2001-07-12 21:58 UTCAriane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Upper stage under-performance left payloads in MEO. Artemis was able to climb to GEO over time with operational propellant, BSAT-2b couldn't compensate and was abandoned.
From Launch Library 2 · updated
Partial failure
Target: Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Ariane 5 G lifted off with Artemis & BSAT-2b, but the launch was only a partial success.
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No cause has been given yet. What Arianespace finds will be added here, and to the updates below.
Artemis is a geostationary earth orbit satellite for a ESA data relay satellite, it operates at the 21.5 degrees East. BSAT-2b is a geostationary, commercial communications satellite used for direct television broadcasting across Japan.
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
Successful
313
95%
Upcoming
51
scheduled
Height
57m
Diameter
5.4m
To low Earth orbit
12,200kg
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