ArianespaceAriane 5 GAriane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Astra 2D & GE-8, LDREX
Launched
December 20, 2000
Image: ESA/CNES/Arianespace
Summary
Astra 2D & GE-8, LDREX launched on an Arianespace Ariane 5 G from Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on December 20, 2000. It was Arianespace's 133rd launch, 12th this year and humanity's 4,450th orbital launch attempt. It was the 8th Ariane 5 G flight and the 4th this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). Astra 2D, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 192 × 35,783 km orbit inclined 2.0°. 5 objects from this launch are catalogued, 3 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Ariane 5 G · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Dedicated Rideshare · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 8th Ariane 5 G flight · 4th this yearArianespace's 133rd launch12th this yearhumanity's 4,450th orbital launch attempt83rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Astra 2D · NORAD 26638 · 2000-081 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 5 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- ASTRA 2D
- Object ID
- 2000-081A
- Epoch
- 2000-12-20 00:53:55 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.28361996 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7305516
- Inclination
- 1.999°
- Ascending node
- 252.4434°
- Arg. of perigee
- 178.002°
- Mean anomaly
- 8.4774°
- 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
5 catalogued: 3 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 1 component; 1 still in orbit
- Astra 2D · NORAD 26638 · in orbit
- GE 8 · NORAD 26639
- LDREX · NORAD 26640 · re-entered March 21, 2010
Ariane 5 L508 EPS · re-entered May 31, 2002
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Astra 2D is one of the Astra communications satellite owned and operated by SES. Providing digital television and radio broadcast service to the UK and Republic of Island. GE-8 is also a commercial communications satellite operated by GE American, covering the USA, Canada and Caribbean. LDREX was an engineering test to validate the antenna on the ETS-8.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
8th launch from Ariane Launch Area 3, 4th this year · 146th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
118 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
33 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Astra 2D & GE-8, LDREX launch?
Astra 2D & GE-8, LDREX launched on December 20, 2000. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Astra 2D & GE-8, LDREX?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Astra 2D & GE-8, LDREX?
Ariane 5 G, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 5 G spec sheet
Where did Astra 2D & GE-8, LDREX launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did Astra 2D & GE-8, LDREX reach?
Astra 2D, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 192 × 35,783 km orbit inclined 2.0°.
How many satellites did Astra 2D & GE-8, LDREX launch?
3 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 1 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).