ArianespaceAriane 5 ECAAriane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TerreStar-1
Launched
July 1, 2009
Image: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique vidéo du CSG
Summary
TerreStar-1 launched on an Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA from Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on July 1, 2009. It was Arianespace's 184th launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 4,991st orbital launch attempt. It was the 20th Ariane 5 ECA flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). Terrestar 1, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 242 × 35,908 km orbit inclined 6.0°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Ariane 5 ECA · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 20th Ariane 5 ECA flight · 3rd this yearArianespace's 184th launch3rd this yearhumanity's 4,991st orbital launch attempt37th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Terrestar 1 · NORAD 35496 · 2009-035 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2009-035A
- Epoch
- 2009-07-01 19:08:08 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.27133462 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7294751
- Inclination
- 6.0021°
- Ascending node
- 320.4076°
- Arg. of perigee
- 240.3847°
- Mean anomaly
- 31.4344°
- 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: GTO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage
- Terrestar 1 · NORAD 35496
Ariane 5 L547 ESC-A · re-entered October 31, 2016
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
An American communications satellite operated by TerreStar Corporation. Constructed by SSL is provides mobile communications to North America, and at the time of its launch was the larest commercial communications satellite ever built. It operates in geostationary orbit at 111 degrees West.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
45th launch from Ariane Launch Area 3, 3rd this year · 198th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
118 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
48 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did TerreStar-1 launch?
TerreStar-1 launched on July 1, 2009. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch TerreStar-1?
Coverage: VOL V189 Ariane 5 ECA , TerreStar-1 , decollage takeoff liftoff. Watch the replay
What rocket launched TerreStar-1?
Ariane 5 ECA, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 5 ECA spec sheet
Where did TerreStar-1 launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did TerreStar-1 reach?
Terrestar 1, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 242 × 35,908 km orbit inclined 6.0°.
How many satellites did TerreStar-1 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).