ArianespaceAriane 44PAriane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
N-Star b
Launched
February 5, 1996
Image: Arianespace
Summary
N-Star b launched on an Arianespace Ariane 44P from Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on February 5, 1996. It was Arianespace's 82nd launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 4,048th orbital launch attempt. It was the 5th Ariane 44P flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). N-Star b, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 160 × 35,729 km orbit inclined 7.1°. 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
- 5th Ariane 44P flight · 1st this yearArianespace's 82nd launch2nd this yearhumanity's 4,048th orbital launch attempt7th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
N-Star b · NORAD 23781 · 1996-007 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- NSTAR 2
- Object ID
- 1996-007A
- Epoch
- 1996-02-05 02:37:29 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.28970768 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7313947
- Inclination
- 7.1384°
- Ascending node
- 59.9792°
- Arg. of perigee
- 179.3461°
- Mean anomaly
- 188.6737°
- 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: Direct-GEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit
- N-Star b · NORAD 23781 · in orbit
Ariane H10-3 V83 · re-entered June 7, 2000
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Japanese communications satellite
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
58th launch from Ariane Launch Area 2, 2nd this year · 92nd from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
119 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
23 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did N-Star b launch?
N-Star b launched on February 5, 1996. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch N-Star b?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched N-Star b?
Ariane 44P, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 44P spec sheet
Where did N-Star b launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did N-Star b reach?
N-Star b, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 160 × 35,729 km orbit inclined 7.1°.
How many satellites did N-Star b launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).