Skynet 5A

Launch data: Designation  30794 / 07007B Launch date  11 Mar 2007 - 22:03 UT Launch site  Ko, ELA-3 Launch vehicle  Ariane-5ECA (V-175) Mission  Military: Communications Geostationary orbit on Mar 27.08: Perigee / Apogee  35778 x 35798 km Inclination  0.14° Period  1436.18 min

Mission details:

• Ariane vehicle L535, flight V175 was launched on Mar 11. The EPC first stage entered a -1251 x 157 km x 7.2 deg suborbital path; the EPC-A upper stage delivered the payloads to geostationary transfer orbit.
  Payloads were Skynet 5A and Insat 4B.
• Skynet 5A is an EADS Astrium Eurostar 3000S communications satellite with a dry mass of 2170 kg. It is owned and operated by Paradigm Secure Communications to provide military comms for the UK Ministry of Defence and NATO. The first Skynet satellite was deployed in 1969 as an outgrowth of the US Initial Defense Satellite Communications System. By Mar 14, 2007 Skynet 5A was in a 32876 x 35734 km x 0.19 deg.

Astrophilately covers:

Launch cancel Kourou.

Headquarter cancel Paris.