Ariane 5 launches massive communications satellite
Posted: Thu, Jul 2, 2009, 3:57 AM ET (0757 GMT)
An Ariane 5 rocket launched the heaviest commercial communications satellite on Wednesday. The Ariane 5 ECA lifted off at 1:52 pm EDT (1752 GMT) Wednesday after a 99-minute delay caused by weather and placed the TerreStar-1 satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit 26 minutes later. The satellite, the sole payload carried by the rocket, weighed 6,910 kilograms at launch, making it the heaviest commercial communications satellite ever launched. The Space Systems/Loral-built satellite will be used by TerreStar Networks at 111 degrees west in GEO to provide mobile communications services across North America at S-band wavelengths, integrated with terrestrial wireless networks.
An Ariane 5 rocket launched the heaviest commercial communications satellite on Wednesday. The Ariane 5 ECA lifted off at 1:52 pm EDT (1752 GMT) Wednesday after a 99-minute delay caused by weather and placed the TerreStar-1 satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit 26 minutes later. The satellite, the sole payload carried by the rocket, weighed 6,910 kilograms at launch, making it the heaviest commercial communications satellite ever launched. The Space Systems/Loral-built satellite will be used by TerreStar Networks at 111 degrees west in GEO to provide mobile communications services across North America at S-band wavelengths, integrated with terrestrial wireless networks.
Related Links:
| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
US and UK militaries conduct coordinated satellite maneuvers
Posted: Sun, Sep 21 8:30 AM ET (1230 GMT) Blue Origin retires a New Shepard capsule after payload flight
Posted: Sun, Sep 21 8:25 AM ET (1225 GMT) |
|
news links
|
|
Friday, October 17
Space Force Operationally Accepts SciTec's Revolutionary Missile Warning System
PR Newswire — 6:14 am ET (1014 GMT) Japan’s Interstellar Plans To Take A Slice of SpaceX’s Business
Aviation Week — 6:11 am ET (1011 GMT) Vandenberg Space Force Base to Double SpaceX Launch Operations
Santa Barbara (CA) Edhat — 6:11 am ET (1011 GMT) Don't give Russia space
Kyiv Independent — 6:09 am ET (1009 GMT) Spacewalking Cosmonauts Install High-Tech Space Station Experiment
Aviation Week — 6:09 am ET (1009 GMT) |
