ArianespaceAriane 44LPAriane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Solidaridad 1 & Meteosat 6
Launched
November 20, 1993
Image: Arianespace
Summary
Solidaridad 1 & Meteosat 6 launched on an Arianespace Ariane 44LP from Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on November 20, 1993. It was Arianespace's 60th launch, 6th this year and humanity's 3,862nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 9th Ariane 44LP flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). Solidaridad 1, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 220 × 35,842 km orbit inclined 6.9°. 5 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Ariane 44LP · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 9th Ariane 44LP flight · 2nd this yearArianespace's 60th launch6th this yearhumanity's 3,862nd orbital launch attempt77th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Solidaridad 1 · NORAD 22911 · 1993-073 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 5 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- SOLIDARIDAD 1
- Object ID
- 1993-073A
- Epoch
- 1993-11-20 07:02:04 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.27754949 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7299016
- Inclination
- 6.9318°
- Ascending node
- 254.119°
- Arg. of perigee
- 178.4616°
- Mean anomaly
- 187.0246°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- 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
5 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 2 components; 3 still in orbit
- Solidaridad 1 · NORAD 22911
- Meteosat 6 · NORAD 22912 · in orbit
Ariane H10+ V61 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
When the Mexican government planned the implementation of a second-generation satellite system, it turned again to Hughes Space and Communications Company. The new pair of spacecraft is called Solidaridad, signifying the way satellite telecommunications are uniting the urban and remote parts of the country with one another and the rest of the world. These replace the two Hughes-built Morelos satellites, the first of which was retired in 1994 after nine years' service. The Solidaridad contract was signed in May 1991. The spacecraft are operated by the government agency Telecomunicaciones de Mexico (Telecomm).
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
36th launch from Ariane Launch Area 2, 6th this year · 70th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
119 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
28 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Solidaridad 1 & Meteosat 6 launch?
Solidaridad 1 & Meteosat 6 launched on November 20, 1993. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Solidaridad 1 & Meteosat 6?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Solidaridad 1 & Meteosat 6?
Ariane 44LP, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 44LP spec sheet
Where did Solidaridad 1 & Meteosat 6 launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did Solidaridad 1 & Meteosat 6 reach?
Solidaridad 1, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 220 × 35,842 km orbit inclined 6.9°.
How many satellites did Solidaridad 1 & Meteosat 6 launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 1 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).