ArianespaceAriane 42LAriane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Satmex 5
Launched
December 6, 1998
Image: Arianespace
Summary
Satmex 5 launched on an Arianespace Ariane 42L from Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on December 6, 1998. It was Arianespace's 111th launch, 9th this year and humanity's 4,282nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 8th Ariane 42L flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). Satmex 5, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 216 × 21,524 km orbit inclined 6.6°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Ariane 42L · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 8th Ariane 42L flight · 1st this yearArianespace's 111th launch9th this yearhumanity's 4,282nd orbital launch attempt75th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Satmex 5 · NORAD 25558 · 1998-070 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- SAT MEX 5
- Object ID
- 1998-070A
- Epoch
- 1998-12-06 04:33:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 3.83495558 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.6179306
- Inclination
- 6.5517°
- Ascending node
- 272.0971°
- Arg. of perigee
- 169.4972°
- Mean anomaly
- 203.9497°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- -0.081585
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage
- Satmex 5 · NORAD 25558
Ariane H10-3 V114 · re-entered July 13, 2004
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
SATMEX 5 is a Hughes HS-601HP or "high power" version of the body-stabilized spacecraft. It features more than 7,000 Watts of payload power, at least 10 times the capacity of Morelos II. Through such innovations as dual-junction gallium arsenide solar cells, radiation-cooled traveling-wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs), advanced battery technology, and a xenon ion propulsion system, XIPS, the HS-601HP can carry payloads twice as powerful as those on the HS 601 models, with an expected 15-year mission lifetime.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
86th launch from Ariane Launch Area 2, 9th this year · 123rd from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
119 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
38 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Satmex 5 launch?
Satmex 5 launched on December 6, 1998. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Satmex 5?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Satmex 5?
Ariane 42L, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 42L spec sheet
Where did Satmex 5 launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did Satmex 5 reach?
Satmex 5, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 216 × 21,524 km orbit inclined 6.6°.
How many satellites did Satmex 5 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).