ArianespaceAriane 5 ECAAriane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Sky Muster II (NBN-Co 1B) & GSAT-18
Launched
October 5, 2016
Image: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique vidéo du CSG
Summary
Sky Muster II (NBN-Co 1B) & GSAT-18 launched on an Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA from Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on October 5, 2016. It was Arianespace's 248th launch, 8th this year and humanity's 5,591st orbital launch attempt. It was the 58th Ariane 5 ECA flight and the 5th this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). GSAT-18, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 247 × 35,719 km orbit inclined 5.9°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Flight VA231 – Sky Muster™ II / GSAT-18 | Ariane 5 Launch | Arianespacearianespace
- VA231 - 74th success in a rowarianespace
- VA231 - Mission Successarianespace
- Vehicle
- Ariane 5 ECA · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 58th Ariane 5 ECA flight · 5th this yearArianespace's 248th launch8th this yearhumanity's 5,591st orbital launch attempt62nd orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
GSAT-18 · NORAD 41793 · 2016-060 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2016-060A
- Epoch
- 2016-10-05 23:33:18 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.28426304 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7282488
- Inclination
- 5.9227°
- Ascending node
- 148.408°
- Arg. of perigee
- 177.1579°
- Mean anomaly
- 94.1385°
- 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
- GSAT-18 · NORAD 41793 · in orbit
- Sky Muster II · NORAD 41794 · in orbit
Ariane 5 L585 ESC-A · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
NBN-Co 1B, nicknamed Sky Muster II, is a high-throughput communications satellite tasked with providing high-speed broadband service to rural and remote areas of Australia. Launched along with it is the Indian geostationary communications satellite GSAT-18.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
88th launch from Ariane Launch Area 3, 5th this year · 263rd from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
118 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
41 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Sky Muster II (NBN-Co 1B) & GSAT-18 launch?
Sky Muster II (NBN-Co 1B) & GSAT-18 launched on October 5, 2016. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Sky Muster II (NBN-Co 1B) & GSAT-18?
Coverage: Flight VA231 – Sky Muster™ II / GSAT-18 | Ariane 5 Launch | Arianespace; VA231 - 74th success in a row; VA231 - Mission Success. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Sky Muster II (NBN-Co 1B) & GSAT-18?
Ariane 5 ECA, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 5 ECA spec sheet
Where did Sky Muster II (NBN-Co 1B) & GSAT-18 launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did Sky Muster II (NBN-Co 1B) & GSAT-18 reach?
GSAT-18, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 247 × 35,719 km orbit inclined 5.9°.
How many satellites did Sky Muster II (NBN-Co 1B) & GSAT-18 launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).