ArianespaceAriane 5 ECAAriane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Alphasat I-XL (Inmarsat-XL) & INSAT-3D
Launched
July 25, 2013
Image: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique vidéo du CSG
Summary
Alphasat I-XL (Inmarsat-XL) & INSAT-3D launched on an Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA from Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on July 25, 2013. It was Arianespace's 215th launch, 5th this year and humanity's 5,308th orbital launch attempt. It was the 41st Ariane 5 ECA flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). Inmarsat 4A F4, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 232 × 35,834 km orbit inclined 3.4°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Flight VA214 – ALPHASAT / INSAT-3D | Ariane 5 Launch | Arianespacearianespace
- Vol Ariane 214 - Décollage le 25 juillet 2013Centre spatial guyanais
- Vehicle
- Ariane 5 ECA · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Dedicated Rideshare · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 41st Ariane 5 ECA flight · 2nd this yearArianespace's 215th launch5th this yearhumanity's 5,308th orbital launch attempt40th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Inmarsat 4A F4 · NORAD 39215 · 2013-038 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2013-038A
- Epoch
- 2013-07-25 14:41:02 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.27722551 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7294346
- Inclination
- 3.4483°
- Ascending node
- 66.759°
- Arg. of perigee
- 177.3967°
- Mean anomaly
- 171.3087°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: GTO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
4 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 1 component; 3 still in orbit
- Inmarsat 4A F4 · NORAD 39215 · in orbit
- Insat 3D · NORAD 39216 · in orbit
Ariane 5 L569 ESC-A · re-entered February 10, 2021
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Alphasat I-XL (Inmarsat-XL) augments broadband service and supports a new generation of mobile technologies to enable communications across Europe, Asia, Africa and the MiddleEast. INSAT-3D is a meteorological, data relay and satellite aided search and rescue satellite developed by ISRO, it operates at 82 degrees East.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
70th launch from Ariane Launch Area 3, 3rd this year · 230th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
118 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
49 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Guiana Space Centre, French GuianaOpen in maps
Questions
When did Alphasat I-XL (Inmarsat-XL) & INSAT-3D launch?
Alphasat I-XL (Inmarsat-XL) & INSAT-3D launched on July 25, 2013. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Alphasat I-XL (Inmarsat-XL) & INSAT-3D?
Coverage: Flight VA214 – ALPHASAT / INSAT-3D | Ariane 5 Launch | Arianespace; Vol Ariane 214 - Décollage le 25 juillet 2013. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Alphasat I-XL (Inmarsat-XL) & INSAT-3D?
Ariane 5 ECA, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 5 ECA spec sheet
Where did Alphasat I-XL (Inmarsat-XL) & INSAT-3D launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did Alphasat I-XL (Inmarsat-XL) & INSAT-3D reach?
Inmarsat 4A F4, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 232 × 35,834 km orbit inclined 3.4°.
How many satellites did Alphasat I-XL (Inmarsat-XL) & INSAT-3D launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).