#Ariane 5 ECA

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A little while ago, ESA's JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) space probe was launched atop an Ariane 5 ECA rocket from the Kourou base in French Guiana. After about 27 minutes, it successfully separated from the rocket's last stage and began the long journey that will take it to Jupiter orbit, where it will conduct its scientific mission, focused on the largest planet in the solar system's so-called icy moons: Ganymede, Europa, and Callisto.

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Ariane flight VA256

Ariane flight VA256 was an Ariane 5 rocket flight that launched the James Webb Space Telescope into space on 25 December 2021. It was 2021's final Ariane flight, its most valuable payload to date, and the 256th Ariane mission. The launch was described by NASA as "flawless" and "perfect"

Ariane 5 is a heavy lift two-stage rocket with two solid fuel boosters. It was used in its ECA variant, which offers the highest payload mass capacity. The total launch mass of the vehicle is of the order of 770,000 kg (1,700,000 lb).

The only payload on the flight was the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a NASA/ESAspace-based observatory. The launch is one of the European Space Agency's contributions to the project. The telescope had a launch mass of about 6,500 kg (14,300 lb) and a design lifetime of 5 to 10 years.

The payload arrived in Kourou, French Guiana, on 12 October 2021 where it was unloaded from the MN Colibri cargo ship and transported to the space centre

Ariane flight VA256 - Wikipedia

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Arianespace’s Ariane 5 orbits Galaxy 30, MEV-2 and BSAT-4b

ARIANESPACE - Flight VA253 Mission poster. August 15, 2020

Image above: The Ariane 5 for Arianespace’s Flight VA253 was equipped with a new vehicle equipment bay that enabled the launcher’s payload capacity to be increased.  Ariane 5 flexed its heavy-lift muscles on Arianespace’s latest launch from the Spaceport in French Guiana, successfully placing the triple payload of Galaxy 30 (G-30), the Mission Extension Vehicle-2 (MEV-2) and BSAT-4b into geostationary transfer orbit. Designated Flight VA253 in Arianespace’s numbering system, today’s mission was performed from the Spaceport’s ELA-3 launch zone – with Ariane 5 deploying its three passengers during a sequence lasting 47 minutes from liftoff to final separation. It marked the 253rd launch of an Ariane-series vehicle to date, and the 109th using an Ariane 5.

Ariane 5 launches Galaxy 30, MEV-2 and BSAT-4b

Today’s mission utilized an Ariane 5 ECA version with increased payload capacity through the introduction of a new vehicle equipment bay for the launch vehicle. Since kicking off a continuous improvement program for Ariane 5 in 2016, prime contractor ArianeGroup has increased the launcher’s payload capacity by 300 kg. for the benefit of Arianespace. This raises the total mass of payload passengers that can be carried by Ariane 5 to 10,200 kg.; for today’s mission, the combined mass of G30, MEV-2 and BSAT-4b was 9,703 kg. Continued success with Intelsat and Northrop Grumman Deployed first in the flight sequence 27 minutes after liftoff, G-30 is the 62nd satellite Arianespace has launched for operator Intelsat, continuing a business relationship that extends back to 1983. It was produced by Northrop Grumman based on its GEOStar-2 platform, and will provide UHD video distribution/broadcast and broadband services that cover North America.

Galaxy 30/MEV-2

G-30 was carried as Ariane 5’s upper payload component, stacked with the MEV-2, built by Northrop Grumman’s wholly-owned company SpaceLogistics LLC. MEV-2 is designed to dock with geostationary satellites whose fuel has nearly depleted, thereby extending their useful lifetimes. MEV-2 will rendezvous and dock in early 2021 with the Intelsat 10-02 (IS 10-02) satellite, originally launched in 2004. The Mission Extension Vehicle is to utilize its own thrusters and fuel supply to control the IS 10-02 satellite’s orbit. Including G-30 and MEV-2, Arianespace has now orbited a total of 30 spacecraft produced by Northrop Grumman or its companies. Another launch for Japan’s B-SAT with a Maxar-built satellite The lower passenger in Ariane 5’s multi-payload configuration was BSAT-4b, which was orbited for the Japanese operator B-SAT. Produced by Maxar Technologies, it uses this manufacturer’s popular 1300-class spacecraft bus for commercial communications satellites.

BSAT-4b satellite

BSAT-4b is designed for Ultra-High-Definition (UHD, 4K and 8K) direct-to-home television broadcasting across Japan in conjunction with its twin, BSAT-4a – which was launched by an Ariane 5 in 2017. All of BSAT’s 10 satellites have been orbited on Arianespace missions. Ariane 5’s launch by the numbers Flight VA253 was Arianespace’s fifth launch so far in 2020, and it follows two other heavy-lift Ariane 5 missions this year: the first orbited the EUTELSAT KONNECT and GSAT-30 satellites in January; while the second, performed in February, lofted JCSAT-17 and GEO-KOMPSAT-2B. Two medium-lift Soyuz missions also were conducted in February and March, with each successfully delivering 34 OneWeb constellation satellites to low Earth orbit. The next mission in Arianespace’s 2020 manifest is the proof of concept flight for Europe’s Small Spacecraft Mission Service (SSMS) – which will deploy 46 small CubeSats and seven microsatellites from the light-lift Vega launcher, using a new-design rideshare dispenser system. This flight is planned for August. Read the press release on Arianespace’s successful Flight VA253: https://www.arianespace.com/press-release/va253-success/ High-resolution photos, posters, along with the Flight VA253 liftoff video, are available in the Gallery: https://www.arianespace.com/gallery/ For more information about Arianespace: https://www.arianespace.com/ Images, Video, Text, Credits: Arianespace/Northrop Grumman/Maxar Technologies/EUTELSAT/SciNews. Best regards, Orbiter.ch Full article

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Décollage du lanceur Ariane 5 ECA, vol 250 le 26 novembre 2019 depuis le Centre spatial guyanais.

© CNES/ESA/Arianespace/Optique Vidéo CSG/P Piron, 2019

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hese days there are 4.994 satellites in orbit, out of which only 7 are revolving around planets other than earth.The average life span of a LEO satellite is approximately 5 years, but the average life span for a GEO satellite is approximately 8 years.

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James Webb Space Telescope | Ariane 5 ECA | Everyday Astronaut

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La recta final del James Webb: la historia del telescopio espacial más complejo concebido por el ser humano

Pocos objetos hay en el mundo que cuesten diez mil millones de dólares. Y uno de ellos es el Telescopio Espacial James Webb (JWST), la joya de la corona de la división de astronomía de la NASA. El James Webb es el instrumento astronómico más caro y complejo jamás diseñado por el ser humano. Después de quince años e innumerables retrasos y sobrecostes, el James Webb afronta su recta final antes de despegar el próximo 18 de diciembre desde la Guayana Francesa a bordo de un cohete Ariane 5 ECA+.

etiquetas: james webb, telescopio

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Bienvenue sur ce live, Une fusée Ariane 5 lancera un satellite Eutelsat Quantum (satellite de communication expérimental) et Star One pour les télécommunications à haut débit. Heure du lancement : 21h00 (UTC), 23h00 (UTC+2) Lieu du lancement : Pad ELA-3, Centre Spatial Guyanais, Guyane française, France Lanceur : Ariane 5 ECA Clients : Eutelsat (France) / Embratel Star One (Brésil) Poids des charges utiles : 3,5 tonnes / 6,2 tonnes Orbite visée : orbite de transfert géostationnaire Crédits : @arianespace by Ryse93

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Ariane 5 ECA/ Flight 253 Status: Upcoming Launch

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Poco fa la sonda spaziale JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) dell'ESA è stata lanciata su un razzo vettore Ariane 5 ECA dalla base di Kourou nella Guiana Francese. Dopo circa 27 minuti si è separata con successo dall'ultimo stadio del razzo e ha cominciato il lungo viaggio che la porterà nell'orbita Giove, dove condurrà la sua missione scientifica, concentrata sulle cosiddette lune ghiacciate del pianeta più grande del sistema solare: Ganimede, Europa e Callisto.

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Mission type Astronomy Operator NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI Website jwst.nasa.gov sci.esa.int/jwst asc-csa.gc.ca jwst.stsci.edu Mission duration 5 years (design) 10 years (goal) Spacecraft properties Manufacturer Northrop Grumman Ball Aerospace Launch mass 6,500 kg (14,300 lb) Dimensions 20.197 m × 14.162 m (66.26 ft × 46.46 ft) (sunshield) Power 2,000 watts Start of mission Launch date March 30, 2021 (planned) Rocket Ariane 5 ECA Launch site Kourou ELA-3 Contractor Arianespace Orbital parameters Reference system Sun–Earth L2 Regime Halo orbit Periapsis 374,000 km (232,000 mi) Apoapsis 1,500,000 km (930,000 mi) Period 6 months Epoch plan Main Type Korsch telescope Diameter 6.5 m (21 ft) Focal length 131.4 m (431 ft) Collecting area 25 m2 (270 sq ft) Wavelengths from 0.6 µm (orange) to 28.5 µm (mid-infrared) Transponders Band S-band (TT&C support) Ka band (data acquisition) Bandwidth S-band up: 16 kbit/s S-band down: 40 kbit/s Ka band down: up to 28 Mbit/s Instruments NIRCam Near IR Camera NIRSpec Near-Infrared Spectrograph MIRI Mid IR Instrument NIRISS Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph FGS Fine Guidance Sensor Elements: Integrated Science Instrument Module Optical Telescope Element Spacecraft Element (Spacecraft Bus+Sunshield) #astro_vksoni #astrophysics #astronomy #astro #astrophotography #physics #physicist #science #scientists #space #cosmos #cosmology #astronomer #nasa #esa #isro #jaxa #insta #instagram #instadaily #facts #spacex #universe #follow https://www.instagram.com/p/BuUDCc6BEXG/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=167wx3dph15tc

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Arianespace’s Ariane 5 orbits Galaxy 30, MEV-2 and BSAT-4b

ARIANESPACE - Flight VA253 Mission poster. August 15, 2020

Image above: The Ariane 5 for Arianespace’s Flight VA253 was equipped with a new vehicle equipment bay that enabled the launcher’s payload capacity to be increased.  Ariane 5 flexed its heavy-lift muscles on Arianespace’s latest launch from the Spaceport in French Guiana, successfully placing the triple payload of Galaxy 30 (G-30), the Mission Extension Vehicle-2 (MEV-2) and BSAT-4b into geostationary transfer orbit. Designated Flight VA253 in Arianespace’s numbering system, today’s mission was performed from the Spaceport’s ELA-3 launch zone – with Ariane 5 deploying its three passengers during a sequence lasting 47 minutes from liftoff to final separation. It marked the 253rd launch of an Ariane-series vehicle to date, and the 109th using an Ariane 5.

Ariane 5 launches Galaxy 30, MEV-2 and BSAT-4b

Today’s mission utilized an Ariane 5 ECA version with increased payload capacity through the introduction of a new vehicle equipment bay for the launch vehicle. Since kicking off a continuous improvement program for Ariane 5 in 2016, prime contractor ArianeGroup has increased the launcher’s payload capacity by 300 kg. for the benefit of Arianespace. This raises the total mass of payload passengers that can be carried by Ariane 5 to 10,200 kg.; for today’s mission, the combined mass of G30, MEV-2 and BSAT-4b was 9,703 kg. Continued success with Intelsat and Northrop Grumman Deployed first in the flight sequence 27 minutes after liftoff, G-30 is the 62nd satellite Arianespace has launched for operator Intelsat, continuing a business relationship that extends back to 1983. It was produced by Northrop Grumman based on its GEOStar-2 platform, and will provide UHD video distribution/broadcast and broadband services that cover North America.

Galaxy 30/MEV-2

G-30 was carried as Ariane 5’s upper payload component, stacked with the MEV-2, built by Northrop Grumman’s wholly-owned company SpaceLogistics LLC. MEV-2 is designed to dock with geostationary satellites whose fuel has nearly depleted, thereby extending their useful lifetimes. MEV-2 will rendezvous and dock in early 2021 with the Intelsat 10-02 (IS 10-02) satellite, originally launched in 2004. The Mission Extension Vehicle is to utilize its own thrusters and fuel supply to control the IS 10-02 satellite’s orbit. Including G-30 and MEV-2, Arianespace has now orbited a total of 30 spacecraft produced by Northrop Grumman or its companies. Another launch for Japan’s B-SAT with a Maxar-built satellite The lower passenger in Ariane 5’s multi-payload configuration was BSAT-4b, which was orbited for the Japanese operator B-SAT. Produced by Maxar Technologies, it uses this manufacturer’s popular 1300-class spacecraft bus for commercial communications satellites.

BSAT-4b satellite

BSAT-4b is designed for Ultra-High-Definition (UHD, 4K and 8K) direct-to-home television broadcasting across Japan in conjunction with its twin, BSAT-4a – which was launched by an Ariane 5 in 2017. All of BSAT’s 10 satellites have been orbited on Arianespace missions. Ariane 5’s launch by the numbers Flight VA253 was Arianespace’s fifth launch so far in 2020, and it follows two other heavy-lift Ariane 5 missions this year: the first orbited the EUTELSAT KONNECT and GSAT-30 satellites in January; while the second, performed in February, lofted JCSAT-17 and GEO-KOMPSAT-2B. Two medium-lift Soyuz missions also were conducted in February and March, with each successfully delivering 34 OneWeb constellation satellites to low Earth orbit. The next mission in Arianespace’s 2020 manifest is the proof of concept flight for Europe’s Small Spacecraft Mission Service (SSMS) – which will deploy 46 small CubeSats and seven microsatellites from the light-lift Vega launcher, using a new-design rideshare dispenser system. This flight is planned for August. Read the press release on Arianespace’s successful Flight VA253: https://www.arianespace.com/press-release/va253-success/ High-resolution photos, posters, along with the Flight VA253 liftoff video, are available in the Gallery: https://www.arianespace.com/gallery/ For more information about Arianespace: https://www.arianespace.com/ Images, Video, Text, Credits: Arianespace/Northrop Grumman/Maxar Technologies/EUTELSAT/SciNews. Best regards, Orbiter.ch Full article

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Bekijk 'm: de interactieve James Webb Space Telescope launch kit

Bekijk ‘m: de interactieve James Webb Space Telescope launch kit

Credit: ESA. De lancering van de James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) staat voorlopig nog gepland voor 31 oktober 2021 – woehaha, nog 153 nachtjes slapen – en wel met een Ariane 5 ECA raket vanaf lanceerbasis Kourou in Frans-Guyana. De ESA kwam vandaag met een interactieve ‘James Webb Space Telescope launch kit‘, die je alles laat zien over de telescoop en al z’n instrumenten, de lancering, de reis…