Nilesat 201

Spacecraft n°:

Egypt spacecraft n°: 4

Launch data: Designation  36830 / 10037A Launch date  04 Aug 2010 - 20:59 UT Launch site  Ko, ELA-3 Launch vehicle  Ariane-5ECA (#554 - V-196)) Mission  Government: Communication Geostationary orbit on Aug 18.03: Perigee / Apogee  35785 x 35788 km Eccentricity  0.0003 Inclination  0.02 deg Period  1436.10 min

Mission details:

• Direct-to-home, radio, and bradoband internet services to Africa and the Middle East; 24 Ku-band and 4 Ka-band transponders.
• Arianespace launched vehicle L554 - an Ariane 5ECA model - from Kourou on Aug 4, 2010 carrying two African satellites, both built by Thales Alenia Space (Cannes) using the Spacebus 4000 platform. Nilesat 201, for the Egyptian Nilesat organization, has a launch mass of 3200 kg and a Ku-band/Ka-band broadcasting payload.
• The mission saw the first use of the Sylda 5K dual-launch adapter, an enlarged version of the usual Sylda 5A. Nilesat 201 sat on top of the Sylda during launch with RASCOM stashed inside it.
  The Ariane 5 core stage flew to a -1441 x 259 km x 9.2 deg transfer trajectory. The ESC-A upper stage completed its burn at 2123 UTC and deployed the satellites into a 260 x 35770 km x 2.0 deg geostationary transfer orbit.