ArianespaceAriane 5 ECAAriane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
DirecTV 15 & Sky Mexico 1
Launched
May 27, 2015
Image: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique vidéo du CSG
Summary
DirecTV 15 & Sky Mexico 1 launched on an Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA from Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on May 27, 2015. It was Arianespace's 232nd launch, 4th this year and humanity's 5,470th orbital launch attempt. It was the 49th Ariane 5 ECA flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). DirecTV 15, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 264 × 35,681 km orbit inclined 4.4°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Vehicle
- Ariane 5 ECA · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 49th Ariane 5 ECA flight · 2nd this yearArianespace's 232nd launch4th this yearhumanity's 5,470th orbital launch attempt28th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
DirecTV 15 · NORAD 40663 · 2015-026 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2015-026A
- Epoch
- 2015-05-27 16:40:31 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.28575149 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7274442
- Inclination
- 4.3601°
- Ascending node
- 33.2077°
- Arg. of perigee
- 176.6127°
- Mean anomaly
- 191.6672°
- 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; 2 still in orbit
- DirecTV 15 · NORAD 40663
- Sky Mexico-1 · NORAD 40664 · in orbit
Ariane 5 L577 ESC-A · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
DirecTV-15 serves many customers with broadband services from 103 degrees West. Sky Mexico is a company offering television subscriptions, broadcasting from there Sky Mexico 1 satellite.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
79th launch from Ariane Launch Area 3, 2nd this year · 247th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
118 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
31 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did DirecTV 15 & Sky Mexico 1 launch?
DirecTV 15 & Sky Mexico 1 launched on May 27, 2015. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch DirecTV 15 & Sky Mexico 1?
Coverage: Liftoff of Arianespace’s Ariane 5 with DirecTV-15 and SKY México-1. Watch the replay
What rocket launched DirecTV 15 & Sky Mexico 1?
Ariane 5 ECA, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 5 ECA spec sheet
Where did DirecTV 15 & Sky Mexico 1 launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did DirecTV 15 & Sky Mexico 1 reach?
DirecTV 15, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 264 × 35,681 km orbit inclined 4.4°.
How many satellites did DirecTV 15 & Sky Mexico 1 launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 1 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).