ArianespaceAriane 44PAriane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
N-STAR a
Launched
August 29, 1995
Image: Arianespace
Summary
N-STAR a launched on an Arianespace Ariane 44P from Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on August 29, 1995. It was Arianespace's 76th launch, 7th this year and humanity's 4,010th orbital launch attempt. It was the 3rd Ariane 44P flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). N-STAR a, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 175 × 35,785 km orbit inclined 7.0°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Ariane 44P · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 3rd Ariane 44P flight · 1st this yearArianespace's 76th launch7th this yearhumanity's 4,010th orbital launch attempt49th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
N-STAR a · NORAD 23651 · 1995-044 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- NSTAR 1
- Object ID
- 1995-044A
- Epoch
- 1995-08-29 02:00:27 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.28470065 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.731167
- Inclination
- 7.0339°
- Ascending node
- 254.3888°
- Arg. of perigee
- 177.6791°
- Mean anomaly
- 189.8727°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0.000017203
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit
- N-STAR a · NORAD 23651 · in orbit
Ariane H10-3 V77 · re-entered January 13, 1996
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Two Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) satellites with the highest capacity of any commercial payloads in space were delivered on orbit in 1995 and 1996 and are now providing a variety of fixed and mobile domestic communications services to customers throughout Japan. These satellites, N-STAR-a and -b, replace the service of the SS/L CS satellites, which have now exceeded their expected lifetimes, and will also provide significant new services, which range from providing alternate routes for telephony, to emergency communications, to marine and terrestrial mobile services, and ISDN.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
52nd launch from Ariane Launch Area 2, 7th this year · 86th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
119 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
25 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did N-STAR a launch?
N-STAR a launched on August 29, 1995. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch N-STAR a?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched N-STAR a?
Ariane 44P, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 44P spec sheet
Where did N-STAR a launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did N-STAR a reach?
N-STAR a, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 175 × 35,785 km orbit inclined 7.0°.
How many satellites did N-STAR a launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).