ArianespaceAriane 5 ECAAriane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Spaceway-3 & BSAT-3A
Launched
August 14, 2007
Image: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique vidéo du CSG
Summary
Singtel Optus & Australian Department of Defence launched on an Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA from Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on August 14, 2007. It was Arianespace's 172nd launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 4,855th orbital launch attempt. It was the 11th Ariane 5 ECA flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). Spaceway 3, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 284 × 35,723 km orbit inclined 1.9°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Vehicle
- Ariane 5 ECA · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 11th Ariane 5 ECA flight · 3rd this yearArianespace's 172nd launch3rd this yearhumanity's 4,855th orbital launch attempt38th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Spaceway 3 · NORAD 32018 · 2007-036 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2007-036A
- Epoch
- 2007-08-14 19:44:24 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.28139457 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7269656
- Inclination
- 1.8638°
- Ascending node
- 154.4931°
- Arg. of perigee
- 171.6843°
- Mean anomaly
- 212.1212°
- 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
4 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 1 component; 3 still in orbit
- Spaceway 3 · NORAD 32018 · in orbit
- BSAT-3A · NORAD 32019 · in orbit
Ariane 5 L537 ESC-A · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Spaceway-3 is a communications satellite providing broadband at 95 degrees West in geostationary orbit. BSAT-3A is another geostationary communications satellite operating at 110 degrees East providing high definition direct television broadcasting across Japan.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
33rd launch from Ariane Launch Area 3, 3rd this year · 186th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
118 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
102 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Singtel Optus & Australian Department of Defence launch?
Singtel Optus & Australian Department of Defence launched on August 14, 2007. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Singtel Optus & Australian Department of Defence?
Coverage: Vol V177 - Ariane 5 ECA - Spaceway F3 , BSAT-3A - decollage takeoff liftoff. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Singtel Optus & Australian Department of Defence?
Ariane 5 ECA, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 5 ECA spec sheet
Where did Singtel Optus & Australian Department of Defence launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did Singtel Optus & Australian Department of Defence reach?
Spaceway 3, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 284 × 35,723 km orbit inclined 1.9°.
How many satellites did Singtel Optus & Australian Department of Defence launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).