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ArianespaceSoyuz STB FregatSoyuz Launch Complex, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
O3b FM3, FM6-FM8
Launched
July 10, 2014
Summary
O3b FM3, FM6-FM8 launched on an Arianespace Soyuz STB Fregat from Soyuz Launch Complex, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on July 10, 2014. It was Arianespace's 222nd launch, 5th this year and humanity's 5,389th orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Soyuz STB Fregat flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). O3b FM3, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 7,846 × 7,854 km orbit inclined 0.0°. 5 objects from this launch are catalogued, 4 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Soyuz STB Fregat · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
- Milestone
- 2nd Soyuz STB Fregat flight · 1st this yearArianespace's 222nd launch5th this yearhumanity's 5,389th orbital launch attempt40th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
O3b FM3 · NORAD 40079 · 2014-038 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 5 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2014-038A
- Epoch
- 2014-07-10 22:25:50 UTC
- Mean motion
- 5.11929942 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0002964
- Inclination
- 0.0438°
- Ascending node
- 52.4225°
- Arg. of perigee
- 191.0675°
- Mean anomaly
- 309.7895°
- 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 FM3 · NORAD 40079
- O3b FM7 · NORAD 40080
- O3b FM6 · NORAD 40081
- O3b FM8 · NORAD 40082
Fregat-MT No. 1032 · 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
8th launch from Soyuz Launch Complex, 2nd this year · 237th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
26 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
97 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Guiana Space Centre, French GuianaOpen in maps
Questions
When did O3b FM3, FM6-FM8 launch?
O3b FM3, FM6-FM8 launched on July 10, 2014. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch O3b FM3, FM6-FM8?
Coverage: Flight VS08 – O3b | Soyuz Launch | Arianespace. Watch the replay
What rocket launched O3b FM3, FM6-FM8?
Soyuz STB Fregat, flown by Arianespace. Soyuz STB Fregat spec sheet
Where did O3b FM3, FM6-FM8 launch from?
Soyuz Launch Complex, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did O3b FM3, FM6-FM8 reach?
O3b FM3, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 7,846 × 7,854 km orbit inclined 0.0°.
How many satellites did O3b FM3, FM6-FM8 launch?
4 payloads from this launch are catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).