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Ariane 5 ECA+ | Star One D2 & Eutelsat Quantum
Arianespace · Ariane 5 ECA+ · Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Arianespace's 298th launch · 6th this year · humanity's 6,109th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jul 30, 21:00 – Jul 30, 22:30 UTC
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Star One D2 & Eutelsat Quantum
Star One D2 is a 6.2 tons satellite built by Space Systems Loral for operator Star One, subsidiary of Brazilian Embratel. Its architecture is based on a SSL-1300 platform and equipped with C, X, Ku and Ka-band transceivers. It will provide communications services to Latin America for at least 15 years. Eutelsat Quantum is an experimental communications satellite carrying a payload able to be reconfigured by software. It is developed by ESA, Eutelsat and Airbus Defence and Space.
Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
Booster
No booster details available.
Watch
- VA254 Lift-Off sequence — arianespace
- Flight VA254 – Star One D2 / EUTELSAT QUANTUM | Ariane 5 Launch | Arianespace — arianespace
- Eutelsat Quantum Liftoff — European Space Agency, ESA
- Arianespace Vol VA254 – Star One D2 / EUTELSAT QUANTUM (FR) — arianespace
