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ArianespaceSoyuz STB FregatSoyuz Launch Complex, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
O3b FM13-16
Launched
March 9, 2018
Summary
O3b FM13-16 launched on an Arianespace Soyuz STB Fregat from Soyuz Launch Complex, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on March 9, 2018. It was Arianespace's 264th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 5,730th orbital launch attempt. It was the 9th Soyuz STB Fregat flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). O3b FM15, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 7,838 × 7,853 km orbit inclined 0.0°. 5 objects from this launch are catalogued, 4 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Arianespace Flight VS18 / O3b Satellites (EN)arianespace
- Decollage du Vol Soyouz depuis le CSGCentre spatial guyanais
- Arianespace VS18 - Successful Missionarianespace
- Vehicle
- Soyuz STB Fregat · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
- Milestone
- 9th Soyuz STB Fregat flight · 1st this yearArianespace's 264th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 5,730th orbital launch attempt24th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
O3b FM15 · NORAD 43231 · 2018-024 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 5 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2018-024A
- Epoch
- 2018-03-09 20:47:21 UTC
- Mean motion
- 5.12175512 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0005538
- Inclination
- 0.0437°
- Ascending node
- 337.536°
- Arg. of perigee
- 19.9646°
- Mean anomaly
- 57.3052°
- 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 FM15 · NORAD 43231
- O3b FM16 · NORAD 43232
- O3b FM14 · NORAD 43233
- O3b FM13 · NORAD 43234
Fregat-MT No. 133-06 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The O3b Satellite Constellation is a satellite constellation designed for telecommunications and data backhaul from remote locations.
Pad
Soyuz Launch Complex, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
17th launch from Soyuz Launch Complex, 1st this year · 279th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
26 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
295 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did O3b FM13-16 launch?
O3b FM13-16 launched on March 9, 2018. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch O3b FM13-16?
Coverage: Arianespace Flight VS18 / O3b Satellites (EN); Decollage du Vol Soyouz depuis le CSG; Arianespace VS18 - Successful Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched O3b FM13-16?
Soyuz STB Fregat, flown by Arianespace. Soyuz STB Fregat spec sheet
Where did O3b FM13-16 launch from?
Soyuz Launch Complex, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did O3b FM13-16 reach?
O3b FM15, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 7,838 × 7,853 km orbit inclined 0.0°.
How many satellites did O3b FM13-16 launch?
4 payloads from this launch are catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).