Horizons 3e, Intelsat 38 (Azerspace-2) - Ariane 5 ECA (VA243) - Kourou ELA-3 - 21:20 UTC 05.09.2018

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https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/07/03/arianespace-aims-for-busy-second-half-of-2018/
ЦитироватьArianespace aims for busy second half of 2018
July 3, 2018 | Stephen Clark

Europe's first mission to Mercury, a quartet of Galileo navigation spacecraft, a global winds observatory, and a new European weather satellite have arrived at an equatorial launch base in French Guiana in preparation for launches in the coming months.

The set of European missions are set to ride into space aboard four rockets, amid several more commercial flights carrying communications satellites to orbit, in what is shaping up to be a busy second half of the year for Arianespace, the French company which oversees Ariane 5, Soyuz and Vega launch operations at the European-run spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

The rapid-fire launch campaigns are already underway at the space center on the northeastern coast of South America, where technicians are preparing rocket and satellite hardware for liftoff.

100th Ariane 5 launch scheduled for September

Another Ariane 5 launch is targeted for Sept. 5 around 2120 GMT (5:20 p.m. EDT; 6:20 p.m. French Guiana time) with the U.S.-built Horizons 3e and Azerspace 2/Intelsat 38 commercial communications satellites.

The milestone mission, designated VA243, will be the 100th launch of an Ariane 5 rocket since Europe's workhorse launch vehicle debuted in 1996.
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That distinction was supposed to go the July 25 launch with four Galileo satellites, but Arianespace shuffled its launch manifest earlier this year after an Indian telecom craft that was slated to fly on the VA243 mission in May had to be returned to its factory for inspections.

Officials ordered the GSAT 11 satellite back to India as a precaution after losing contact with another Indian communications satellite, named GSAT 6A, a few days after its launch on an Indian rocket.

The decision by Indian officials left Arianespace looking for another geostationary payload to launch in tandem with the Azerspace/Intelsat 38 telecom satellite, GSAT 11's original co-passenger.


File photo of an Ariane 5 rocket launch from French Guiana. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – Service Optique

Launch managers assigned the Boeing-built Horizons 3e high-throughput communications satellite to take GSAT 11's place on the VA243 mission, now scheduled for September.

Owned by the Horizons joint venture between Intelsat and the Japanese operator Sky Perfect JSAT Corp. Horizons 3e will provide aeronautical and maritime mobility services and support government networking applications in the Asia-Pacific region and in North America.

Built by Space Systems/Loral, the Azerspace 2/Intelsat 38 spacecraft will be the second satellite owned by Azercosmos, the national satellite operator of Azerbaijan, which will use the new platform to support growing demands in the region for direct-to-home television, government and network services. For Intelsat, the satellite will replace the Intelsat 12 spacecraft offering direct-to-home television and network services over Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, and Asia.
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tnt22

ЦитироватьDutchSpace‏ @DutchSpace 3 ч. назад

This week will be interesting at #CSG there will be a "Dance of the launchers" Ariane 5 #VA243 will move from BAF to ZL3 so our Ariane 5 #VA244 can move from BIL to BAF, after which #VA243 can move back into BIL, at the same time the Vega P80 stage for #VV12 will move to ZLV


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ЦитироватьDutchSpace‏ @DutchSpace 8 мин. назад

Extremely rare shot of 2 Ariane 5's crossing each other and even more rare as one(VA243) is at the ZL3 pad without the upper composite
#VA243 #VA244 #Galileo #ESA


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ЦитироватьStéphane Israël‏ @arianespaceceo 2 ч. назад

The th & th #Ariane5 launchers are on the move at the Spaceport! Lifting off July 25 on Flight #VA244, no. 99 is destined for the Final Assembly Building; while no. 100 (#VA243) is moving back to the Launcher Integration Building.
#flexibility #reactivity


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http://www.arianespace.com/mission-update/ariane-5-dual-transfer/
ЦитироватьAriane 5 | July 6, 2018

Dual-transfer: Ariane 5s for Arianespace's next heavy-lift missions are on the move in French Guiana


The Ariane 5 ES version for Flight VA244 (foreground) is shown on its way for payload installation at the Spaceport's Final Assembly Building. In the background, the Ariane 5 ECA version for Arianespace's following heavy-lift mission (VA243) is temporarily positioned in the ELA-3 launch zone before being transferred to the Launcher Integration Building.

Arianespace's flexibility and reactivity in responding to mission changes due to payload availability was underscored with this week's simultaneous transfer of the 99th and 100th Ariane 5 launchers – which will be utilized on consecutive multi-passenger heavy-lift flights performed fr om French Guiana in 2018.

During activity at the Spaceport, the no. 99 Ariane 5 – an ES version that will orbit four Galileo FOC (Full Operational Capability) satellites on July 25 – was transferred from the Launcher Integration Building, wh ere its basic build-up was performed, to the Final Assembly Building for payload installation. This upcoming mission is designated Flight VA244 in Arianespace's numbering system.

The Spaceport's Final Assembly Building was available due to the parallel rollout of the milestone 100th Ariane 5, which is scheduled for launch in early September carrying the Azerspace-2/Intelsat-38 satellite for Azercosmos and Intelsat, along with another payload to be announced. After moving out of the Final Assembly Building, this ECA version of Ariane 5 had a temporary stopover in the ELA-3 launch zone before heading to the Launcher Integration Building for its own pre-flight preparations.

Designated Flight VA243, the Ariane 5 ECA had been set for a late May liftoff, but its timing was shifted because additional technical checks were required for the mission's originally-scheduled co-passenger.
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