Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA Spaceway F2, TELKOM-2

Name: Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA Spaceway F2, TELKOM-2
Start: 2005-11-16T23:46:00.000Z
Location: Ariane Launch Area 3

Ariane 5 ECA

Status

Success

Date

16 NOV 2005

23:46

Launch Provider

Arianespace

Launch Pad

Ariane Launch Area 3

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Mission Overview

Spaceway F2 is part of a constellation of direct broadcast satellites operating at 99.2 degrees West serving DirecTV customers. Telkom-2 is a communications satellite operating at 118 degrees East, improving communications coverage accross Indonesia, souteast Asia and India.

Rocket

Ariane 5 ECA

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Stages

Livestream

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Rocket Details

Ariane 5 is a heavy-lift launch vehicle, part of the Ariane rocket family.

Height

57.7 m

Diameter

5.4 m

Launch Mass

780 T

Thrust

11,400 kN