ArianespaceAriane 5 ECAAriane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Hot Bird 10, NSS-9, Spirale A, Spirale B
Launched
February 12, 2009
Image: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique vidéo du CSG
Summary
Hot Bird 10, NSS-9, Spirale A, Spirale B launched on an Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA from Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on February 12, 2009. It was Arianespace's 182nd launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,962nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 18th Ariane 5 ECA flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). NSS 9, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 358 × 36,276 km orbit inclined 1.9°. 6 objects from this launch are catalogued, 4 of them payloads.
- Vehicle
- Ariane 5 ECA · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 18th Ariane 5 ECA flight · 1st this yearArianespace's 182nd launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,962nd orbital launch attempt8th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
NSS 9 · NORAD 33749 · 2009-008 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 6 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2009-008A
- Epoch
- 2009-02-12 17:26:26 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.23808169 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7274548
- Inclination
- 1.8911°
- Ascending node
- 307.6617°
- Arg. of perigee
- 171.0231°
- Mean anomaly
- 191.4827°
- 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
6 catalogued: 4 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 1 component; 4 still in orbit
- NSS 9 · NORAD 33749 · in orbit
- Atlantic Bird 4A · NORAD 33750
- Spirale A · NORAD 33751 · in orbit
- Spirale B · NORAD 33752 · in orbit
Ariane 5 L545 ESC-A · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Hot Bird 10 is a French communications satellite operated by Eutelsat. It provides direct to home broadcasting from geostationary orbit at 13 degrees East. NSS9 is a communications satellite owned by SES, operating at 177 degrees West. Spirale is a French government programme to develop an early wanring system which will use infrared satellite imagery to detect the flights of ballistic missiles. This was a demonstration using two micro satellites.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
43rd launch from Ariane Launch Area 3, 1st this year · 196th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
118 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
53 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Hot Bird 10, NSS-9, Spirale A, Spirale B launch?
Hot Bird 10, NSS-9, Spirale A, Spirale B launched on February 12, 2009. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Hot Bird 10, NSS-9, Spirale A, Spirale B?
Coverage: VOL V187 - Ariane 5 ECA, Hot Bird 10, NSS 9, Spirale , decollage takeoff liftoff. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Hot Bird 10, NSS-9, Spirale A, Spirale B?
Ariane 5 ECA, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 5 ECA spec sheet
Where did Hot Bird 10, NSS-9, Spirale A, Spirale B launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did Hot Bird 10, NSS-9, Spirale A, Spirale B reach?
NSS 9, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 358 × 36,276 km orbit inclined 1.9°.
How many satellites did Hot Bird 10, NSS-9, Spirale A, Spirale B launch?
4 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 3 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).