ArianespaceAriane 5 ECAAriane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
TIBA-1 & Inmarsat-5 F5 (Global Xpress-5)
Launched
November 26, 2019
Image: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique vidéo du CSG
Summary
TIBA-1 & Inmarsat-5 F5 (Global Xpress-5) launched on an Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA from Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on November 26, 2019. It was Arianespace's 281st launch, 8th this year and humanity's 5,905th orbital launch attempt. It was the 72nd Ariane 5 ECA flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). Tiba 1, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 269 × 35,758 km orbit inclined 5.1°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Flight VA250 – TIBA-1 / GX5 | Ariane 5 Launch | Arianespacearianespace
- 250 lancement Ariane - VA250Centre spatial guyanais
- [Live] VA250 Launch (November 26, 2019)CNES
- Vehicle
- Ariane 5 ECA · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 72nd Ariane 5 ECA flight · 3rd this yearArianespace's 281st launch8th this yearhumanity's 5,905th orbital launch attempt85th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Tiba 1 · NORAD 44800 · 2019-080 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- UNKNOWN
- Epoch
- 2019-11-26 22:49:55 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.27999088 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.727694
- Inclination
- 5.0758°
- Ascending node
- 213.0944°
- Arg. of perigee
- 179.1003°
- Mean anomaly
- 38.755°
- 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; 4 still in orbit
- Tiba 1 · NORAD 44800 · in orbit
- Inmarsat GX5 · NORAD 44801 · in orbit
Ariane 5 L5108 ESC-A · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
TIBA-1 is a geostationary communications satellite for the Government of Egypt developed jointly by Thales Alenia Space (TAS) and Airbus. TAS, the leading partner, designed and built the communications payload, featuring a dual mission in Ka-band for secure and broadband communications. Airbus Defence and Space supplied the Eurostar E3000 platform and assembled and tested the spacecraft. Designed to remain in service in orbit for more than 15 years, TIBA-1 will have a launch mass of 5600 kg and an electric power capability of higher than 9 kW. Inmarsat-5 F5 (Global Xpress-5 or GX-5) is Inmarsat's very high throughput satellite (V-HTS), which will offer services covering the Middle East, Europe and the Indian sub-continent. The payload will be fully integrated into Inmarsat’s current Global Express high-speed network. Inmarsat-5 F5 satellite is based on Thales Alenia Space’s upgraded Spacebus 4000 B2 platform and will be fitted with 72 Ka-band beams. With a specified design life of 16 years, it will weigh 4007 kg at launch and will offer payload power of about 6.8 kW.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
107th launch from Ariane Launch Area 3, 4th this year · 296th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
118 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
112 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did TIBA-1 & Inmarsat-5 F5 (Global Xpress-5) launch?
TIBA-1 & Inmarsat-5 F5 (Global Xpress-5) launched on November 26, 2019. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch TIBA-1 & Inmarsat-5 F5 (Global Xpress-5)?
Coverage: Flight VA250 – TIBA-1 / GX5 | Ariane 5 Launch | Arianespace; 250 lancement Ariane - VA250; [Live] VA250 Launch (November 26, 2019). Watch the replay
What rocket launched TIBA-1 & Inmarsat-5 F5 (Global Xpress-5)?
Ariane 5 ECA, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 5 ECA spec sheet
Where did TIBA-1 & Inmarsat-5 F5 (Global Xpress-5) launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did TIBA-1 & Inmarsat-5 F5 (Global Xpress-5) reach?
Tiba 1, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 269 × 35,758 km orbit inclined 5.1°.
How many satellites did TIBA-1 & Inmarsat-5 F5 (Global Xpress-5) launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).