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Ariane 5 ECA | Echostar 18 & BRIsat
Arianespace · Ariane 5 ECA · Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Arianespace's 245th launch · 5th this year · humanity's 5,568th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jun 18, 20:30 – Jun 18, 21:40 UTC
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Echostar 18 & BRIsat
Both Echostar-18 and BRISat are built by Space Systems/Loral using their 1300 bus to provide communications at geostationary orbit for 15 years. Echostar-18 will be positioned at 110 degrees west to replace Echostar-10, whereas BRISat will be stationed at 150 degrees east. BRISat will provide exclusive coverage for the Indonesian bank BRI which has 9,800 branches serving 50 million customers across the Indonesian archipelago. Echostar-18 and BRISat weigh 6000kg and 3500kg respectively.
Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
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Pad — Ariane Launch Area 3
Local pad time: Jun 18, 6:38 PM GMT-3
118 launches from this pad · 334 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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