Mission description
MEASAT-3b is a communications satellite operating at 91.5 degrees East with MEASAT-3 and MEASAT-3a. Optus 10 is a communications satellite serving many customers operating in a geostationary orbit at 164 degrees East.
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Ariane 5 ECA | MEASAT-3b & Optus 10
September 11, 2014 at 10:05 PM UTC
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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September 11, 2014 at 10:05 PM UTC
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Ariane Launch Area 3
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana · 5.2390, -52.7680
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- Ariane 5 ECA
- Launch probability
- -1%
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- September 11, 2014 at 10:05 PM UTC
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- September 11, 2014 at 10:05 PM UTC
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- June 14, 2023 at 4:00 AM UTC
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Arianespace Flight VA218 / MEASAT-3b & Optus 10
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Ariane 5 ECA
Ariane 5 · ECA
Height
57.7 m
Diameter
5.4 m
LEO capacity
0 kg
Successful launches
71
Launch complex
Ariane Launch Area 3
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
The Guiana Space Centre is a European spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, a region of France in South America. Kourou is located at a latitude of 5°. In operation since 1968, it is a suitable location for a spaceport because of its equatorial location and open sea to the east.
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