ArianespaceAriane 44LAriane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Sirius 2 & Indostar 1
Launched
November 12, 1997
Image: ESA
Summary
Sirius 2 & Indostar 1 launched on an Arianespace Ariane 44L from Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on November 12, 1997. It was Arianespace's 100th launch, 9th this year and humanity's 4,192nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 25th Ariane 44L flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). Sirius 2, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 223 × 35,822 km orbit inclined 7.0°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Ariane 44L · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 25th Ariane 44L flight · 3rd this yearArianespace's 100th launch9th this yearhumanity's 4,192nd orbital launch attempt74th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Sirius 2 · NORAD 25049 · 1997-071 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- SIRIUS 2
- Object ID
- 1997-071A
- Epoch
- 1997-11-13 03:33:38 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.27873985 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7296865
- Inclination
- 6.9778°
- Ascending node
- 196.8469°
- Arg. of perigee
- 178.1176°
- Mean anomaly
- 187.5178°
- 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: Direct-GEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
4 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 1 component; 1 still in orbit
- Sirius 2 · NORAD 25049
- Cakrawarta 1 · NORAD 25050 · in orbit
Ariane H10-3 V102 · re-entered August 6, 1998
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Sirius 2 and Indostar 1 are Swedish and Indonesian communications satellites.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
75th launch from Ariane Launch Area 2, 9th this year · 111th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
119 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
49 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Guiana Space Centre, French GuianaOpen in maps
Questions
When did Sirius 2 & Indostar 1 launch?
Sirius 2 & Indostar 1 launched on November 12, 1997. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Sirius 2 & Indostar 1?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Sirius 2 & Indostar 1?
Ariane 44L, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 44L spec sheet
Where did Sirius 2 & Indostar 1 launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did Sirius 2 & Indostar 1 reach?
Sirius 2, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 223 × 35,822 km orbit inclined 7.0°.
How many satellites did Sirius 2 & Indostar 1 launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 1 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).