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ArianespaceSoyuz STA FregatSoyuz Launch Complex, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
SES-15
Launched
May 18, 2017
Summary
SES-15 launched on an Arianespace Soyuz STA Fregat from Soyuz Launch Complex, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on May 18, 2017. It was Arianespace's 256th launch, 5th this year and humanity's 5,642nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 5th Soyuz STA Fregat flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). SES-15, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 307 × 31,343 km orbit inclined 6.0°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- Flight VS17 | Soyuz Best of Liftoff | Arianespacearianespace
- Arianespace Vol VS17 / SES-15 (VF)arianespace
- Flight VS17 – SES-15 | Soyuz Launch | Arianespacearianespace
- Vehicle
- Soyuz STA Fregat · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 5th Soyuz STA Fregat flight · 1st this yearArianespace's 256th launch5th this yearhumanity's 5,642nd orbital launch attempt27th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
SES-15 · NORAD 42709 · 2017-026 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2017-026A
- Epoch
- 2017-05-18 13:10:27 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.62538698 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.6991376
- Inclination
- 6.0479°
- Ascending node
- 241.4568°
- Arg. of perigee
- 178.3185°
- Mean anomaly
- 37.2899°
- 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: GTO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 2 still in orbit
- SES-15 · NORAD 42709 · in orbit
Fregat-M No. 133-09 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
SES 15 is a geostationary communications satellite operating in Ka- and Ku-bands in North America, which uses electric propulsion for initial orbit raising and all on-orbit manoeuvres.
Pad
Soyuz Launch Complex, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
16th launch from Soyuz Launch Complex, 1st this year · 271st from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
26 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
359 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did SES-15 launch?
SES-15 launched on May 18, 2017. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch SES-15?
Coverage: Flight VS17 | Soyuz Best of Liftoff | Arianespace; Arianespace Vol VS17 / SES-15 (VF); Flight VS17 – SES-15 | Soyuz Launch | Arianespace. Watch the replay
What rocket launched SES-15?
Soyuz STA Fregat, flown by Arianespace. Soyuz STA Fregat spec sheet
Where did SES-15 launch from?
Soyuz Launch Complex, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did SES-15 reach?
SES-15, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 307 × 31,343 km orbit inclined 6.0°.
How many satellites did SES-15 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).