ArianespaceAriane 5 ECAAriane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Spaceway F2, TELKOM-2
Launched
November 16, 2005
Image: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique vidéo du CSG
Summary
Spaceway F2, TELKOM-2 launched on an Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA from Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on November 16, 2005. It was Arianespace's 163rd launch, 4th this year and humanity's 4,744th orbital launch attempt. It was the 3rd Ariane 5 ECA flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). Telkom 2, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 273 × 35,745 km orbit inclined 7.0°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Ariane V167Destination Orbite
- Vehicle
- Ariane 5 ECA · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 3rd Ariane 5 ECA flight · 2nd this yearArianespace's 163rd launch4th this yearhumanity's 4,744th orbital launch attempt50th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Telkom 2 · NORAD 28902 · 2005-046 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2005-046A
- Epoch
- 2005-11-16 19:07:26 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.28059473 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.727485
- Inclination
- 6.9746°
- Ascending node
- 235.3554°
- Arg. of perigee
- 177.9324°
- Mean anomaly
- 190.707°
- 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
- Telkom 2 · NORAD 28902 · in orbit
- Spaceway 2 · NORAD 28903 · in orbit
Ariane 5 L522 ESC-A · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Spaceway F2 is part of a constellation of direct broadcast satellites operating at 99.2 degrees West serving DirecTV customers. Telkom-2 is a communications satellite operating at 118 degrees East, improving communications coverage accross Indonesia, souteast Asia and India.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
24th launch from Ariane Launch Area 3, 4th this year · 177th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
118 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
34 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Spaceway F2, TELKOM-2 launch?
Spaceway F2, TELKOM-2 launched on November 16, 2005. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Spaceway F2, TELKOM-2?
Coverage: Ariane V167. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Spaceway F2, TELKOM-2?
Ariane 5 ECA, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 5 ECA spec sheet
Where did Spaceway F2, TELKOM-2 launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did Spaceway F2, TELKOM-2 reach?
Telkom 2, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 273 × 35,745 km orbit inclined 7.0°.
How many satellites did Spaceway F2, TELKOM-2 launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).