ArianespaceAriane 5 ECAAriane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Azerspace-2/Intelsat-38 & Horizons 3e
Launched
September 25, 2018
Image: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique vidéo du CSG
Summary
Azerspace-2/Intelsat-38 & Horizons 3e launched on an Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA from Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on September 25, 2018. It was Arianespace's 268th launch, 6th this year and humanity's 5,780th orbital launch attempt. It was the 67th Ariane 5 ECA flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). Azerspace-2, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 280 × 35,749 km orbit inclined 6.0°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Ariane 5 ECA · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 67th Ariane 5 ECA flight · 3rd this yearArianespace's 268th launch6th this yearhumanity's 5,780th orbital launch attempt74th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Azerspace-2 · NORAD 43632 · 2018-074 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OBJECT A
- Object ID
- 2018-074A
- Epoch
- 2018-09-26 00:14:55 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.27980017 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7272497
- Inclination
- 5.9578°
- Ascending node
- 171.8017°
- Arg. of perigee
- 178.3003°
- Mean anomaly
- 44.3004°
- 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
- Azerspace-2 · NORAD 43632 · in orbit
- Horizons 3e · NORAD 43633 · in orbit
Ariane 5 L5103 ESC-A · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Azercosmos-2/Intelsat-38 is a geostationary telecommunications satellite. As the name suggests, satellite will be used jointly by Azercosmos and Intelsat. Horizons-3e, also known as IS-H3e, is a high throughput geostationary communications satellite ordered by Horizons Satellite, a joint venture of Intelsat and SKY Perfect JSAT Group. The spacecraft is designed and manufactured by Boeing on the Boeing-702MP platform.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
101st launch from Ariane Launch Area 3, 4th this year · 283rd from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
118 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
62 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Azerspace-2/Intelsat-38 & Horizons 3e launch?
Azerspace-2/Intelsat-38 & Horizons 3e launched on September 25, 2018. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Azerspace-2/Intelsat-38 & Horizons 3e?
Coverage: Lancement d'Ariane 5 - VA243 (100e) - 25-26/09/18; Ariane 5 launch (100th) on September 25-26, 2018 (VA243). Watch the replay
What rocket launched Azerspace-2/Intelsat-38 & Horizons 3e?
Ariane 5 ECA, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 5 ECA spec sheet
Where did Azerspace-2/Intelsat-38 & Horizons 3e launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did Azerspace-2/Intelsat-38 & Horizons 3e reach?
Azerspace-2, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 280 × 35,749 km orbit inclined 6.0°.
How many satellites did Azerspace-2/Intelsat-38 & Horizons 3e launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).