ArianespaceAriane 5 ECA+Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Galaxy 35 & 36, MTG-I1
Launched
December 13, 2022 · 20:30 UTC
Image: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique vidéo du CSG
Summary
Galaxy 35 & 36, MTG-I1 launched on an Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA+ from Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on December 13, 2022 at 20:30 UTC. The launch window ran from 20:30 to 22:16 UTC. It was Arianespace's 311th launch, 4th this year and humanity's 6,357th orbital launch attempt. It was the 9th Ariane 5 ECA+ flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). Galaxy 35, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 249 × 35,613 km orbit inclined 6.0°. 5 objects from this launch are catalogued, 3 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Ariane 5 ECA+ · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 9th Ariane 5 ECA+ flight · 3rd this yearArianespace's 311th launch4th this yearhumanity's 6,357th orbital launch attempt175th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Galaxy 35 · NORAD 54741 · 2022-170 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 5 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2022-170A
- Epoch
- 2022-12-13 22:23:37 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.29163068 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7275882
- Inclination
- 6.001°
- Ascending node
- 219.9625°
- Arg. of perigee
- 176.932°
- Mean anomaly
- 54.0652°
- 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; 5 still in orbit
- Galaxy 35 · NORAD 54741 · in orbit
- Galaxy 36 · NORAD 54742 · in orbit
- Meteosat 12 · NORAD 54743 · in orbit
Ariane 5 L5118 ESC-D · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Galaxy 35, 36 are two geostationary communications satellites operated by Intelsat. MTG-I1 is the first of EUMETSAT's third generation of weather satellite.
News
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
116th launch from Ariane Launch Area 3, 3rd this year · 316th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 13, 5:30 PM GMT-3, in daylight
118 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
96 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Successful deployment and signal acquisition from MTG-I1 and both Galaxy satellites (https://twitter.com/INTELSAT/status/1602782247207272449)
Show 7 earlier updates
Liftoff
Nosu · 12/13/2022 · source
Live coverage has started
Nosu · 12/13/2022 · source
Refined launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/9/2022 · source
Setting GO
Nosu · 12/7/2022 · source
Added launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/29/2022 · source
New launch date.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/25/2022 · source
Targeting December 14
Nosu · 10/14/2022 · source
Questions
When did Galaxy 35 & 36, MTG-I1 launch?
Galaxy 35 & 36, MTG-I1 launched on December 13, 2022 at 20:30 UTC. The launch window ran from 20:30 to 22:16 UTC.
Where can I watch Galaxy 35 & 36, MTG-I1?
Coverage: Flight VA259 – State-of-the-art | Galaxy 35 and 36 / MTG-I1 | Ariane 5 Launch | Arianespace. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Galaxy 35 & 36, MTG-I1?
Ariane 5 ECA+, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 5 ECA+ spec sheet
Where did Galaxy 35 & 36, MTG-I1 launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana. Liftoff was Dec 13, 5:30 PM GMT-3 local time at the pad.
What orbit did Galaxy 35 & 36, MTG-I1 reach?
Galaxy 35, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 249 × 35,613 km orbit inclined 6.0°.
How many satellites did Galaxy 35 & 36, MTG-I1 launch?
3 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 3 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).