{"id":80620,"date":"2013-07-19T18:41:47","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T10:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/arianespaces-ariane-5-readies-for-alphasat-and-insat-3ds-launch\/"},"modified":"2013-07-19T18:41:47","modified_gmt":"2013-07-19T10:41:47","slug":"arianespaces-ariane-5-readies-for-alphasat-and-insat-3ds-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/arianespaces-ariane-5-readies-for-alphasat-and-insat-3ds-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Arianespace\u2019s Ariane 5 Readies for Alphasat and INSAT 3D\u2019s Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"150\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"6\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" margin=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"155\" height=\"225\" align=\"left\" src=\"\/Assets\/Image\/1069-inside.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><em>During integration activity inside the Spaceport\u2019s final assembly building for Ariane 5, the payload fairing containing Alphasat is  lowered over INSAT-3D to create the launcher\u2019s dual-payload \u201cstack.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\nImage credit: ESA\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;[Satellite TODAY 07-19-13] Following integration of its full payload stack, the heavy-lift Ariane 5 is now complete in preparation for its July 25 launch. The booster will place <b>ESA\u2019s<\/b> Alphasat \u2013 built by <b>Astrium<\/b> \u2013 and <b>ISRO\u2019s<\/b> INSAT 3D \u2013 a meteorological satellite \u2013 spacecraft in orbit.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Encapsulated in its ogive-shaped protective fairing, Alphasat was lowered into place over INSAT 3D, which was installed atop Ariane 5\u2019s cryogenic core stage during activity earlier in the week. These integration steps were performed inside the Spaceport\u2019s Final Assembly Building for Ariane 5, enabling a new series of preparation milestones to begin. They include the launch readiness review on July 23, followed by Ariane 5\u2019s rollout to the ELA-3 launch zone the next day, and subsequent countdown to the July 25 liftoff during during a 1-hour, 18-minute launch window that opens at 4:53 p.m. local time in French Guiana.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ariane 5 is expected to deliver a payload lift performance of more than 9,750 kg for the upcoming mission, which includes a combined total of some 8,770 kg for Alphasat and INSAT 3D, plus the launcher\u2019s SYLDA dual-passenger dispenser system and satellite integration hardware.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During integration activity inside the Spaceport\u2019s final assembly building for Ariane 5, the payload fairing containing Alphasat is lowered over INSAT-3D to create the launcher\u2019s dual-payload \u201cstack.\u201d Image credit: ESA &nbsp;[Satellite TODAY 07-19-13] Following integration of its full payload stack, the heavy-lift Ariane 5 is now complete in preparation for its July 25 launch. The [&hellip;]<\/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":[],"class_list":["post-80620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80620"}],"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=80620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80620\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}