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ArianespaceSoyuz STB FregatSoyuz Launch Complex, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
O3b FM17-20
Launched
April 4, 2019
Summary
O3b FM17-20 launched on an Arianespace Soyuz STB Fregat from Soyuz Launch Complex, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on April 4, 2019. It was Arianespace's 277th launch, 4th this year and humanity's 5,843rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 11th Soyuz STB Fregat flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). O3b FM20, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 7,816 × 7,846 km orbit inclined 0.0°. 5 objects from this launch are catalogued, 4 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Décollage Soyouz (VS22) - Satellites O3BCentre spatial guyanais
- Flight VS22 | Soyuz Best of Liftoff | Arianespacearianespace
- Arianespace Flight VS22 - Launch Sequencearianespace
- Vehicle
- Soyuz STB Fregat · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
- Milestone
- 11th Soyuz STB Fregat flight · 2nd this yearArianespace's 277th launch4th this yearhumanity's 5,843rd orbital launch attempt23rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
O3b FM20 · NORAD 44112 · 2019-020 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 5 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2019-020A
- Epoch
- 2019-04-04 19:39:30 UTC
- Mean motion
- 5.12962618 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.001061
- Inclination
- 0.0425°
- Ascending node
- 333.5899°
- Arg. of perigee
- 176.0331°
- Mean anomaly
- 210.4409°
- 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 FM20 · NORAD 44112
- O3b FM19 · NORAD 44113
- O3b FM17 · NORAD 44114
- O3b FM18 · NORAD 44115
Fregat-MT No. 133-17 · 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
21st launch from Soyuz Launch Complex, 2nd this year · 292nd from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
26 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
35 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did O3b FM17-20 launch?
O3b FM17-20 launched on April 4, 2019. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch O3b FM17-20?
Coverage: Décollage Soyouz (VS22) - Satellites O3B; Flight VS22 | Soyuz Best of Liftoff | Arianespace; Arianespace Flight VS22 - Launch Sequence. Watch the replay
What rocket launched O3b FM17-20?
Soyuz STB Fregat, flown by Arianespace. Soyuz STB Fregat spec sheet
Where did O3b FM17-20 launch from?
Soyuz Launch Complex, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did O3b FM17-20 reach?
O3b FM20, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 7,816 × 7,846 km orbit inclined 0.0°.
How many satellites did O3b FM17-20 launch?
4 payloads from this launch are catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).