ArianespaceAriane 5 ECAAriane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Star One C4 & MSG 4
Launched
July 15, 2015
Image: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique vidéo du CSG
Summary
Star One C4 & MSG 4 launched on an Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA from Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on July 15, 2015. It was Arianespace's 234th launch, 6th this year and humanity's 5,479th orbital launch attempt. It was the 50th Ariane 5 ECA flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). Meteosat 11, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 275 × 35,813 km orbit inclined 4.0°. 6 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Ariane 5 ECA · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 50th Ariane 5 ECA flight · 3rd this yearArianespace's 234th launch6th this yearhumanity's 5,479th orbital launch attempt37th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Meteosat 11 · NORAD 40732 · 2015-034 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 6 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2015-034A
- Epoch
- 2015-07-15 23:41:37 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.27572449 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7277938
- Inclination
- 3.9533°
- Ascending node
- 84.7378°
- Arg. of perigee
- 178.0283°
- Mean anomaly
- 57.3355°
- 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
6 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 3 components; 5 still in orbit
- Meteosat 11 · NORAD 40732 · in orbit
- Star One C4 · NORAD 40733 · in orbit
Ariane 5 L578 ESC-A · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
MSG-4 Sat will join four other Meteosat-series meteorological platforms that currently are operational in geostationary orbit at 36,000 km. above the equator. Star One C4 Sat will support telephone, television, radio, data transmission and Internet services in Brazil, Latin American countries and the United States.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
80th launch from Ariane Launch Area 3, 3rd this year · 249th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
118 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
49 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Star One C4 & MSG 4 launch?
Star One C4 & MSG 4 launched on July 15, 2015. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Star One C4 & MSG 4?
Coverage: Liftoff of Ariane 5 with Star One C4 and MSG-4. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Star One C4 & MSG 4?
Ariane 5 ECA, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 5 ECA spec sheet
Where did Star One C4 & MSG 4 launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did Star One C4 & MSG 4 reach?
Meteosat 11, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 275 × 35,813 km orbit inclined 4.0°.
How many satellites did Star One C4 & MSG 4 launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).