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Ariane Flight VA258

Arianespace’s third launch of 2022, with the second Ariane 5 of the year, will embark a geostationary satellite: EUTELSAT KONNECT VHTS. The launcher will be carrying a total payload of approximately 6.4 tons.

Eutelsat Konnect VHTS

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Overview

Destination: Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Mission: Communications

Geostationary Transfer Orbit Ariane Launch Area 3 Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Eutelsat Konnect VHTS is a large geostationary high-throughput Ka-band communications satellite designed to serve Europe with a capacity of 500 Gbps.

Updates

Nosu • Sept. 7, 2022, 10:59 p.m.

Successful launch of Eutelsat Konnect VHTS


Nosu • Sept. 7, 2022, 9:45 p.m.

Liftoff


Nosu • Sept. 7, 2022, 9:30 p.m.

Live coverage has started


Cosmic_Penguin • Sept. 6, 2022, 3:56 p.m.

Scrubbed for Sept. 6 due to weather


Nosu • Sept. 2, 2022, 2:55 p.m.

Updating launch window


Ariane 5 ECA+

Family:
Configuration: ECA+

Ariane 5 ECA+ is a variant of the Ariane 5 heavy-lift vehicle, with a taller ECA-D upper stage.

Specifications
  • Max Stage
    2
  • Length
    57.7 m
  • Diameter
    5.4 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.4 m
  • Launch Mass
    780.0 T
  • Thrust
    11400.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Ariane 5 ECA+
  • Family
  • Variant
    ECA+
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Ariane 5 ECA+
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    10200.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

ArianeGroup

ArianeGroup

(AG)

CEO: Christophe Bruneau Founded: 2015 Successes: 0 Failures: 0 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

ArianeGroup (formerly Airbus Safran Launchers) is an aerospace company based in France. A joint venture between Airbus and Safran, the company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux. It consists of three core arms: aerospace, defence and security.

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