{"id":14233,"date":"2017-10-31T01:38:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T17:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/arianespace-wins-launch-contracts-from-inmarsat-embratel-star-one\/"},"modified":"2017-10-31T01:38:15","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T17:38:15","slug":"arianespace-wins-launch-contracts-from-inmarsat-embratel-star-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/arianespace-wins-launch-contracts-from-inmarsat-embratel-star-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Arianespace wins launch contracts from Inmarsat, Embratel Star One"},"content":{"rendered":"
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File photo of an Ariane 5 rocket\u2019s core stage being lifted into position on a mobile launch platform at its launch base in Kourou, French Guiana. Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Baudon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The London-based mobile telecom provider Inmarsat and the Brazilian satellite operator Embratel Star One have selected Arianespace\u2019s Ariane 5 rocket to launch two spacecraft from French Guiana in 2019.<\/p>\n

Arianespace announced Friday a contract to launch Inmarsat\u2019s fifth Global Xpress satellite toward a perch in geostationary orbit aboard an Ariane 5 rocket in the second half of 2019. The French launch services provider said Monday it has also reached an agreement to launch the Embratel Star One D2 communications satellite on an Ariane 5 mission in 2019.<\/p>\n

Arianespace typically pairs two satellites \u2014 a large communications craft and a medium-sized one \u2014 to launch together on Ariane 5 missions. But managers do not finalize firm launch assignments until closer to liftoff, so each satellite\u2019s co-passenger has not been confirmed.<\/p>\n

Inmarsat\u2019s fifth Global Xpress satellite, called GX-5 for now, will be built by Thales Alenia Space in Cannes, France. Inmarsat and Thales announced the $130 million satellite order in June.<\/p>\n

The GX-5 satellite will add capacity to Inmarsat\u2019s Global Xpress service, which currently includes four geostationary satellites more than 22,000 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers) over the equator to provide worldwide connectivity for airplanes, ships and other customers on-the-go. Three previous Global Xpress satellites \u2014 also known as the Inmarsat 5-series \u2014 launched on International Launch Services Proton rockets from Kazakhstan, and one flew on a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster from Cape Canaveral.<\/p>\n

Hosting 72 Ka-band beams and a very high throughput payload, GX-5 will cover the Middle East, Europe, and the Indian subcontinent. The satellite will weigh about 4 metric tons (8,818 pounds) at launch and will have a design life of 16 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith this new launch contract, we are very proud to continue our partnership with Inmarsat that dates back to 1981,\u201d said Stephane Israel, Arianespace\u2019s CEO. \u201cWe are honored to have been selected for the 10th time by Inmarsat for the launch of the very high throughput satellite GX-5, only four months after we successfully launched the Hellas Sat 3-Inmarsat S EAN \u2018condosat\u2019 with an Ariane 5.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis renewed trust demonstrates the outstanding performance and reliability of our heavy-weight Ariane 5 launch vehicle, as well as its ability to respond to new broadband and in-flight connectivity demands today, even before the arrival of our new Ariane 6 heavy-lift launcher,\u201d Israel said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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Artist\u2019s concept of the Star One D2 satellite. Credit: SSL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Embratel Star One D2 satellite will also be launched by an Ariane 5 rocket in 2019. Space Systems\/Loral, based in Palo Alto, California, said in a press release Monday that it has been selected to build the spacecraft, which is expected to weigh around 6.2 metric tons (13,668 pounds) at liftoff and operate at least 15 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very proud to announce the signature of the 12th contract with our long-time Brazilian customer Embratel Star One, which comes less than one year after our successful launch of Star One D1 with an Ariane 5,\u201d Israel said in a statement. \u201cThe trust of Embratel Star One, for which we have launched all satellites since 1985, is felt as a profound recognition of the reliability and the excellency of Arianespace\u2019s heavy-weight launch service solutions, today with Ariane 5, and tomorrow with Ariane 6.\u201d<\/p>\n

Star One D2 will be a multipurpose communications satellite with Ku-, Ka-, C- and military-grade X-band transponders. It will provide direct-to-home television broadcasts and high-speed Internet to South America, Mexico, Central America, and parts of the Atlantic Ocean. Star One D2 will also support Brazilian government communications needs.<\/p>\n

\u201cStar One D2 is the third satellite we will provide to Embratel Star One,\u201d said Dario Zamarian, group president at SSL. \u201cWe believe there is no better endorsement of our capabilities than return customers and we look forward to again working together as a team to build this powerful and highly advanced satellite.\u201d<\/p>\n

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File photo of an Ariane 5 rocket\u2019s core stage being lifted into position on a mobile launch platform at its launch base in Kourou, French Guiana. Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Baudon The London-based mobile telecom provider Inmarsat and the Brazilian satellite operator Embratel Star One have selected Arianespace\u2019s Ariane […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1540,498,291,3140,3141,3142,1773,2607],"class_list":["post-14233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ariane-5","tag-arianespace","tag-commercial-space","tag-embratel-star-one","tag-global-xpress","tag-global-xpress-5","tag-guiana-space-center","tag-inmarsat"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14233"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14233\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}