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ArianespaceSoyuz STB Fregat-MTSoyuz Launch Complex, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
O3b FM1, FM2, FM4, FM5
Launched
June 25, 2013
Summary
O3b FM1, FM2, FM4, FM5 launched on an Arianespace Soyuz STB Fregat-MT from Soyuz Launch Complex, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on June 25, 2013. It was Arianespace's 214th launch, 4th this year and humanity's 5,300th orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Soyuz STB Fregat-MT flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). O3b FM5, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 7,814 × 7,842 km orbit inclined 0.0°. 5 objects from this launch are catalogued, 4 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Flight VS05 – O3b | Soyuz Launch | Arianespacearianespace
- Vol Soyouz 05 depuis le Centre Spatial GuyanaisCentre spatial guyanais
- Vehicle
- Soyuz STB Fregat-MT · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
- Milestone
- 2nd Soyuz STB Fregat-MT flight · 1st this yearArianespace's 214th launch4th this yearhumanity's 5,300th orbital launch attempt32nd orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
O3b FM5 · NORAD 39188 · 2013-031 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 5 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2013-031A
- Epoch
- 2013-06-25 20:31:22 UTC
- Mean motion
- 5.13117621 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0009672
- Inclination
- 0.0401°
- Ascending node
- 136.7045°
- Arg. of perigee
- 129.4591°
- Mean anomaly
- 93.6507°
- 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: MEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
5 catalogued: 4 payloads, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit
- O3b FM5 · NORAD 39188
- O3b FM4 · NORAD 39189
- O3b FM2 · NORAD 39190
- O3b PFM · NORAD 39191
Fregat-MT No. 1041 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The O3b Satellite Constellation is designed for telecommunications and data backhaul from remote locations.
Pad
Soyuz Launch Complex, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
5th launch from Soyuz Launch Complex, 1st this year · 229th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
26 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
205 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did O3b FM1, FM2, FM4, FM5 launch?
O3b FM1, FM2, FM4, FM5 launched on June 25, 2013. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch O3b FM1, FM2, FM4, FM5?
Coverage: Flight VS05 – O3b | Soyuz Launch | Arianespace; Vol Soyouz 05 depuis le Centre Spatial Guyanais. Watch the replay
What rocket launched O3b FM1, FM2, FM4, FM5?
Soyuz STB Fregat-MT, flown by Arianespace. Soyuz STB Fregat-MT spec sheet
Where did O3b FM1, FM2, FM4, FM5 launch from?
Soyuz Launch Complex, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did O3b FM1, FM2, FM4, FM5 reach?
O3b FM5, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 7,814 × 7,842 km orbit inclined 0.0°.
How many satellites did O3b FM1, FM2, FM4, FM5 launch?
4 payloads from this launch are catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).