{"id":16917,"date":"2014-10-17T01:00:28","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T17:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/ariane-5-rocket-to-boost-satellites-for-latin-america\/"},"modified":"2014-10-17T01:00:28","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T17:00:28","slug":"ariane-5-rocket-to-boost-satellites-for-latin-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/ariane-5-rocket-to-boost-satellites-for-latin-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariane 5 rocket to boost satellites for Latin America"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Ariane 5 rocket sits on the ELA-3 launch pad Wednesday evening. Credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Optique Video du CSG \u2013 P. Piron<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Two telecommunications satellite for Latin America are counting down to liftoff Thursday aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana.<\/p>\n

The powerful 18-story launcher is set to ignite its hydrogen-fueled Vulcain 2 main engine and twin solid rocket boosters at 2100 GMT (5 p.m. EDT; 6 p.m. French Guiana time) to begin a 34-minute flight to deploy the Intelsat 30 and Arsat 1 communications satellites in orbit.<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s launch window extends for 51 minutes.<\/p>\n

Heading east over the Atlantic Ocean, and surpassing the speed of sound in 42 seconds after liftoff, the Ariane 5 rocket will release its two solid rocket boosters, jettison a clamshell-like nose cone covering the Intelsat 30 and Arsat 1 satellites, and exhaust its first stage propellant in the first 9 minutes of the flight.<\/p>\n

An upper stage HM7B engine will ignite and consume a mix of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants for nearly 16 minutes to reach an egg-shaped geostationary transfer orbit with an altitude ranging from a high point of 22,236 miles (35,786 kilometers) to a low point of 155 miles (250 kilometers) with an inclination of 6 degrees.<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s Ariane 5 flight, called VA220 in Arianespace\u2019s launch naming scheme, will mark the heavy-lift launcher\u2019s fifth mission this year.<\/p>\n

Intelsat 30 will ride in the Ariane 5 rocket\u2019s upper berth, heading for a 15-year mission to provide Ku-band direct television services for DirecTV Latin America and C-band services for Intelsat\u2019s own business in Latin America.<\/p>\n

The smaller Arsat 1 spacecraft is the first geostationary communications satellite built in Argentina. It will support television broadcasts, data transmission and Internet access for customers in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay.<\/p>\n

Intelsat 30, also known as Intelsat DLA-1, will raise its orbit to geostationary altitude 22,300 miles over the equator. Its final operating position will be at 95 degrees west longitude.<\/p>\n

Arsat 1 is destined to be positioned in geostationary orbit at 71.8 degrees west longitude.<\/p>\n

The 6.9-ton Intelsat 30 satellite was manufactured by Space Systems\/Loral of Palo Alto, Calif., and carries 72 Ku-band transponders and 10 C-band transponders.<\/p>\n

DirecTV Latin America is leasing the spacecraft\u2019s Ku-band capacity \u2014 along with 72 more Ku-band transponders on sister satellite Intelsat 31 set for launch next year \u2014 to grow the company\u2019s television broadcasting portfolio in Central and South America and the Caribbean.<\/p>\n

Intelsat 30 will be co-located with the Galaxy 3C spacecraft, which is also used by DirecTV Latin America.<\/p>\n

Built by INVAP, an Argentine high-tech contractor, the 6,580-pound Arsat 1 spacecraft is designed for a 15-year mission. The satellite\u2019s operator is Arsat, a national telecom company backed by the government of Argentina.<\/p>\n

The Arsat 1 project reportedly cost about $250 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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