LAUNCH CENTER
Partial Failure
Thu Jan 25 2018
Arianespace
Al Yah 3 & SES-14
Launch Failure
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(10:20 PM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(10:20 PM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(11:05 PM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Ariane 5 ECADescription:
Ariane 5 is a heavy-lift launch vehicle, part of the Ariane rocket family.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Communications
- 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.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Kourou, French Guiana
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 3