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ArianespaceSoyuz STB FregatSoyuz Launch Complex, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
O3b FM9-FM12
Launched
December 18, 2014
Summary
O3b FM9-FM12 launched on an Arianespace Soyuz STB Fregat from Soyuz Launch Complex, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on December 18, 2014. It was Arianespace's 228th launch, 11th this year and humanity's 5,435th orbital launch attempt. It was the 4th Soyuz STB Fregat flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). O3b FM10, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 7,843 × 7,851 km orbit inclined 0.0°. 5 objects from this launch are catalogued, 4 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Flight VS10 – O3b | Soyuz Launch | Arianespacearianespace
- Décollage Vol Soyouz 10 le 18 décembreCentre spatial guyanais
- Vehicle
- Soyuz STB Fregat · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
- Milestone
- 4th Soyuz STB Fregat flight · 3rd this yearArianespace's 228th launch11th this yearhumanity's 5,435th orbital launch attempt86th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
O3b FM10 · NORAD 40348 · 2014-083 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 5 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2014-083A
- Epoch
- 2014-12-18 22:25:05 UTC
- Mean motion
- 5.1207632 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0002928
- Inclination
- 0.0442°
- Ascending node
- 273.317°
- Arg. of perigee
- 318.2758°
- Mean anomaly
- 138.8512°
- 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 FM10 · NORAD 40348
- O3b FM11 · NORAD 40349
- O3b FM12 · NORAD 40350
- O3b FM9 · NORAD 40351
Fregat-MT No. 133-01 · 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
10th launch from Soyuz Launch Complex, 4th this year · 243rd from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
26 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
118 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did O3b FM9-FM12 launch?
O3b FM9-FM12 launched on December 18, 2014. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch O3b FM9-FM12?
Coverage: Flight VS10 – O3b | Soyuz Launch | Arianespace; Décollage Vol Soyouz 10 le 18 décembre. Watch the replay
What rocket launched O3b FM9-FM12?
Soyuz STB Fregat, flown by Arianespace. Soyuz STB Fregat spec sheet
Where did O3b FM9-FM12 launch from?
Soyuz Launch Complex, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did O3b FM9-FM12 reach?
O3b FM10, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 7,843 × 7,851 km orbit inclined 0.0°.
How many satellites did O3b FM9-FM12 launch?
4 payloads from this launch are catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).