Successful launch. 3 satellites on Arian 5. Launches in 2020: 62nd overall, 56th successful, 3rd from Europe

Vyacheslav Ermolin, August 15, 2020





Current statistics of launches 2020



Mission:



- Launch of 2 geostationary communication satellites. Commercial satellites for Intelsat (international) and BSAT (Japan).

- Launch of the service satellite MEV-2 to "extend the life" of geostationary communication satellites. From Northrop Grumman (USA).








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: Intelsat Galaxy 30 Northrop Grumman. Intelsat ( 13- ). - (UHD) Over The Top (OTT). . — , , .



BSAT-4b Space Systems/Loral (SSL), Maxar Technologies. 4a (). 3 520 24 Ku- (12-18 ) 4K/8K . Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (BSAT), .



: MEV-2 (Mission Extension Vehicle-2) Northrop Grumman. Intelsat 10-02 (IS-10-02) 5 . .




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: 272 x 35 770 x 5,94°.

BSAT-4b GEO: 110° ..

Intelsat Galaxy 30 GEO: 125° ..

MEV-2 GEO: 1° .. (Intelsat 10-02, 2004 ).




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  • 1- COVID-19.
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  • 1- - Arian 5. — 9703 .
  • The load capacity of the Arian 5 has been increased by 85 kg (10 200 kg for the TRP). The most lifting configuration is the Ariane-5ECA +. Fourth flight.
  • 253rd launch of the Arian launch vehicle (first launch on December 24, 1979).
  • The 62nd satellite launched by Arianespace for Intelsat.
  • 29th and 30th Northrop Grumman satellite launched by Arianespace.
  • 10th satellite for BSAT.
  • 2nd MEV satellite from Northrop Grumman.
  • The launch cost of the launch vehicle is $ 178 million.
  • The cost of outputting 1 kg of payload to LEO is at least $ 8,500
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