ArianespaceAriane 5 ECAAriane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Star One C2 & Vinasat-1
Launched
April 18, 2008
Image: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique vidéo du CSG
Summary
Star One C2 & Vinasat-1 launched on an Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA from Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on April 18, 2008. It was Arianespace's 177th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 4,903rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 13th Ariane 5 ECA flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). Vinasat, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 277 × 35,776 km orbit inclined 2.0°. 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
- 13th Ariane 5 ECA flight · 1st this yearArianespace's 177th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 4,903rd orbital launch attempt18th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Vinasat · NORAD 32767 · 2008-018 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2008-018A
- Epoch
- 2008-04-18 17:34:37 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.27815954 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7274941
- Inclination
- 2.0467°
- Ascending node
- 6.4315°
- Arg. of perigee
- 178.4099°
- Mean anomaly
- 188.3694°
- 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
- Vinasat · NORAD 32767 · in orbit
- Star One C2 · NORAD 32768 · in orbit
Ariane 5 L539 ESC-A · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Star One C2 is a Brazilian communications satellite located in Geostionary Orbit at 70 degrees West. Vinasat-1 is the first Vietnamese satellite to be placed into orbit. It provides telecommunications links that operates at 132 degrees East in Geostationary orbit
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
38th launch from Ariane Launch Area 3, 2nd this year · 191st from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
118 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
40 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Star One C2 & Vinasat-1 launch?
Star One C2 & Vinasat-1 launched on April 18, 2008. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Star One C2 & Vinasat-1?
Coverage: VOL V182 - Ariane 5 ECA - Star One C2, Vinasat - takeoff liftoff decollage. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Star One C2 & Vinasat-1?
Ariane 5 ECA, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 5 ECA spec sheet
Where did Star One C2 & Vinasat-1 launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did Star One C2 & Vinasat-1 reach?
Vinasat, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 277 × 35,776 km orbit inclined 2.0°.
How many satellites did Star One C2 & Vinasat-1 launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).