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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1180 on: 06/23/2017 12:32 am »
Today at the Paris air show ESA and Arianegroup signed a contract to develop modifications to the Ariane 5 ECA, for JWST (James Webb Space Telescoop) Launch oktober 2018.
So the data here was correct, but now it's totally official.
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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1181 on: 06/24/2017 06:50 am »
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Stéphane Israël (Arianespace) : "La première fusée Ariane 6 volera le 16 juillet 2020"

https://twitter.com/arianespaceceo/status/878489561206321152

http://mobile.francetvinfo.fr/replay-radio/l-interview-eco/stephane-israel-arianespace-la-premiere-fusee-ariane-6-volera-le-16-juillet-2020_2229971.html

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Stéphane Israel (Arianespace): "the first Ariane 6 rocket will fly July 16, 2020" mobile.francetvinfo.fr/replay-radio/l…

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1182 on: 06/25/2017 04:08 pm »
Launched:

2017:
№ – Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)

01 - January 28 - Hispasat 36W-1 (Hispasat AG1) - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-MT (VS16) - Kourou ELS - 01:03:34.428
02 - February 14 - Intelsat 32e (SkyBrasil-1) [EpicNG], Telkom-3S - Ariane 5 ECA (VA235) - Kourou ELA-3 - 21:39:07
03 - March 7 - Sentinel-2B - Vega (VV09) - Kourou ZLV -  01:49:24
04 - May 4 - SGDC 1, Koreasat-7 (Mugungwa 7) - Ariane 5 ECA (VA236) - Kourou ELA-3 - 21:50
05 - May 18 - SES-15 - Soyuz-ST-A/Fregat-M (VS17) - Kourou ELS - 11:54:53.193
06 - June 1 - ViaSat-2, EUTELSAT 172B - Ariane 5 ECA (VA237) - Kourou ELA-3 - 23:45
07 - June 28 - Hellas Sat 3-Inmarsat S EAN (HS3-IS/Europasat), GSAT-17 - Ariane 5 ECA (VA238) - Kourou ELA-3 - 21:15:07

Planned launches

Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)

2017

August 2 - VENUS (Venµs), OPSAT-3000 (SHALOM) , SAMSON 1/2/3 - Vega (VV10) - Kourou ZLV - 01:58:33
August 31 - Intelsat 37e, BSat-4a - Ariane 5 ECA (VA239) - Kourou ELA-3
October 18 - Hylas 4, Al Yah 3 - Ariane 5 ECA (VA240) - Kourou ELA-3
November (TBD) - GSAT-11 - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3 (or H1 2018)
December - Galileo-FOC FM15 (Nicole), Galileo-FOC FM16 (Zofia), Galileo-FOC FM17 (Alexandre), Galileo-FOC FM18 (Irina) - Ariane 5-ES (VA241) - Kourou ELA-3

piggybacked:
TBD - ESEO (FUNcube 4) - Vega (TBD) - Kourou
TBD - VNREDSat-1b - Vega - Kourou ZLV

2018
January 20 - ADM-Aeolus - Vega (VV11) - Kourou ZLV
early - SES-12, Intelsat 38 (Azerspace-2)  EDRS-C (Hylas 3) - Ariane 5 ECA (VA242) - Kourou ELA-3
early - O3b (x4 sats) - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-MT - Kourou ELS
early - Hellas-Sat-4 (SaudiGeoSat-1) - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
NET March - DSN-1 (Superbird-8) - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3 (or NLT September)
May - GEO-KOMPSAT-2A (GK2A, Cheollian 2A) - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
Q2 - CSO 1 (Composante Spatiale Optique-1) - Soyuz ST/Fregat - Kourou ELS
March  midyear - OneWeb smallsat (x10) - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-MT - Kourou ELS
midyear - PRISMA (Precursore Iperspettrale della Missione Applicativa) - Vega - Kourou ZLV
H2 - EDRS-C (Hylas 3) - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
Q3 - EUTELSAT 7C - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
H2 - Intelsat 39 - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
October 15 - JWST - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
October - BepiColombo - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
October - MetOp-C - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-M - Kourou ELS
late - Horizons 3e - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3 (or H2)
late - Small Spacecraft Mission - Vega - Kourou ZLV
December - CSG-1 (COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation-1), CHEOPS (CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite) - Soyuz ST-B/Fregat-MT - Kourou ELS (or 2019)
TBD - Intelsat 38 (Azerspace-2) - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
TBD - Galileo-FOC FM19 (Tara), Galileo-FOC FM20 (Samuel), Galileo-FOC FM21 (Anna), Galileo-FOC FM22 (Ellen) - Ariane 5-ES - Kourou ELA-3

piggybacked:
Q2 - TARANIS (Tool for the Analysis of RAdiation from lightNIng and Sprites) - Vega - Kourou ZLV

2019
March - Seosat (Ingenio) - Vega - Kourou ZLV
March - GEO-KOMPSAT-2B (GK2B, Cheollian 2B) - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
midyear - CSG-2 (COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation-2) - Vega-C - Kourou ZLV
midyear - inaugural flight - Vega-C - Kourou ZLV
August - EarthCARE  - Vega C/ Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-MT - Kourou
midyear  late - ViaSat-3 Americas - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3 (or Falcon Heavy)
late - O3b (x4 sats) - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-MT - Kourou ELS
late - PROBA 3 Coronagraph, PROBA 3 Occulter - Vega (TBD) - Kourou ZLV
TBD - JCSat-17 - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
TBD - Eutelsat Quantum - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
TBD - African Broadband Satellite (Thales High Throughput) - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
TBD - OneWeb smallsat (x32) - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-MT - Kourou ELS
TBD - OneWeb smallsat (x32-36) - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-MT - Kourou ELS
TBD - OneWeb smallsat (x32-36) - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-MT - Kourou ELS
TBD - OneWeb smallsat (x32-36) - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-MT - Kourou ELS (or 2020)
TBD - OneWeb smallsat (x32-36) - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-MT - Kourou ELS (or 2020)
TBD - OpSIS - Vega - Kourou ZLV
TBD - Falcon Eye 1 - Vega - Kourou ZLV
TBD - Falcon Eye 2 - Vega - Kourou ZLV

2020
January 31 - Euclid - Soyuz ST-B/Fregat MT - Kourou ELS (or December)
early - CERES (x3) - Vega-С - Kourou ZLV
May - Jason-CS A (Sentinel-6A) - Vega-C (TBD) - Kourou ZLV (or midyear)
early  midyear - ViaSat 3 EMEA - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3 (or Falcon Heavy)
midyear  July 16 - inaugural flight - Ariane 64 - Kourou ELA-4
late - Airbus VHR sat-1, Airbus VHR sat-2 - Vega-С - Kourou ZLV
December - MTG-I1 - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
TBD - ViaSat 3 Asia - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
TBD -  Arsat 3 - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
TBD - Galileo-FOC FM23, Galileo-FOC FM24 - TBD - Kourou
TBD - Galileo-FOC FM25, Galileo-FOC FM26 - TBD - Kourou
TBD - MicroCarb - Vega-C / Soyuz (TBD) - Kourou
TBD - Space Rider flight 1 - Vega-C - Kourou ZLV
TBD - Seosat-Ingenio-2 - TBD - Kourou

2021
Q2 - MetOp-SG A1 (EPS-SG-a, Sentinel-5A) - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-M - Kourou ELS (or June) (or Falcon 9)
TBD - Comsat NG 1 (Syracuse 4A) - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3 (or 2020)
TBD - CNES/UAE Mars mission - TBD - Kourou
TBD - BIOMASS - TBD - Kourou
TBD - CSO 2 (Composante Spatiale Optique-2) - Soyuz ST/Fregat - Kourou ELS
TBD - inaugural flight - Ariane 62 - Kourou ELA-4
TBD - Airbus VHR sat-3, Airbus VHR sat-4 - Vega-С - Kourou ZLV
TBD - Heinrich Hertz (H2Sat) - Ariane 5 ECA/Ariane 64 - Kourou ELA-3/ELA-4
TBD - Space Rider flight 2 - Vega-C - Kourou ZLV

piggybacked:
December - MERLIN (MEthane Remote sensing LIdar missioN) - Vega-C/Soyuz  (TBD) - Kourou (or Q4)

2022
Q1 - MTG-S1 (Sentinel-4A) - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
June - JUICE - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
December - MetOp-SG B1 (EPS-SG-b) - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-M - Kourou ELS (or Falcon 9)
TBD - Comsat NG 2 (Syracuse 4B) - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
TBD - FLEX (Fluorescence Explorer satellite) - Vega-C (TBD) - Kourou ZLV
TBD - CryoSat FO - Vega-C (TBD) - Kourou ZLV
TBD - Moon’s south pole samples return mission - TBD - Kourou
TBD - Space Rider flight 3 - Vega-C - Kourou ZLV

2023
Q2 - Sentinel-1C - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-MT - Kourou ELS
TBD - Space Rider flight 4 - Vega-C - Kourou ZLV

2024
Q2 - Sentinel-2C - Vega-C - Kourou ZLV
December - MTG-I2 - Ariane 6 - Kourou ELA-4
TBD - Space Rider flight 5 - Vega-C - Kourou ZLV

2025
early - Sentinel-3C - Vega-C - Kourou ZLV
early - Sentinel-7A - TBD - Kourou
Q2 - Sentinel-1D - TBD - Kourou
Q2 - Jason-CS B (Sentinel-6B) - Vega-C (TBD) - Kourou ZLV
midyear - Sentinel-9 - TBD - Kourou
midyear - Sentinel-10 - TBD - Kourou
Q4 - Sentinel-8 - TBD - Kourou
TBD - ARIEL (M4 mission candidate) - TBD - Kourou
TBD - THOR (M4 mission candidate) - TBD - Kourou
TBD - XIPE (M4 mission candidate) - TBD - Kourou
TBD - ESA Earth Explorer-9 - TBD - Kourou

2026
late - Sentinel-3D - TBD - Kourou
TBD - PLATO - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-MT - Kourou ELS

2027
Q4  - Sentinel-2D - TBD - Kourou

2028
January - ATHENA+ - Ariane 6 - Kourou ELA-4
early - Sentinel-7B - TBD - Kourou
June - MetOp-SG A2 - Ariane 6 - Kourou ELA-4
December - MTG-I3 - Ariane 6 - Kourou ELA-4

2029
July - MTG-S2 (Sentinel-4B) - Ariane 6 - Kourou ELA-4 (or December 2030)
December - MetOp-SG B2 - Ariane 6 - Kourou ELA-4

2030
late - Sentinel-7C - TBD - Kourou

2032
December - MTG-I4 - Ariane 6 - Kourou ELA-4

2034
TBD - eLISA (NGO) - Ariane 6 - Kourou ELA-4

2035
June - MetOp-SG A3 - Ariane 6 - Kourou ELA-4

2036
December - MetOp-SG B3 - Ariane 6 - Kourou ELA-4

Unclear:
Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)

2018 - DEOS (x2 sat)  - TBD - Kourou
NLT 2020 - Galileo-FOC FM27, Galileo-FOC FM28 - TBD - Kourou
NLT 2020 - Galileo-FOC FM29, Galileo-FOC FM30 - TBD - Kourou
NET 2020 - GO-3S - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
NET 2020 - OneWeb smallsat (x32-36) - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-MT - Kourou ELS (or Baikonur)
NET 2020 - OneWeb smallsat (x32-36) - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-MT - Kourou ELS (or Baikonur)
NET 2020 - OneWeb smallsat (x32-36) - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-MT - Kourou ELS (or Baikonur)
NET 2020 - OneWeb smallsat (x32-36) - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-MT - Kourou ELS (or Baikonur)
NET 2020 - OneWeb smallsat (x32-36) - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-MT - Kourou ELS (or Baikonur)
NET 2021 - OneWeb smallsat (xTBD) - Ariane 6 - Kourou ELA-4
NET 2021 - OneWeb smallsat (xTBD) - Ariane 6 - Kourou ELA-4
NET 2021 - OneWeb smallsat (xTBD) - Ariane 6 - Kourou ELA-4
NET 2022 - THR NG - TBD - Kourou
early 2020s - Pléiades FO 1 - TBD - Kourou
early 2020s - Pléiades FO 2 - TBD - Kourou
2024 (TBD) - CarbonSat - Vega-C (TBD) - Kourou ZLV
2026 (TBD) - Jason-CS Follow-on A - Vega-C (TBD) - Kourou ZLV
NET 2028 - Sentinel-1A 2nd Gen - TBD - Kourou
NET 2028 - Sentinel-2A 2nd Gen - TBD - Kourou
NET 2028 - Sentinel-3A 2nd Gen - TBD - Kourou
2029-2030 - M5 mission - TBD - Kourou
2031 - M6 mission - TBD - Kourou ELS
2030's - test flight - Ariane Next (Ariane 7) - Kourou
TBD - CSO 3 (Composante Spatiale Optique-3) - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-MT TBD  - Kourou ELS
TBD - Sentinel-1B 2nd Gen - TBD - Kourou
TBD - Sentinel-1C 2nd Gen - TBD - Kourou
TBD - Sentinel-2B 2nd Gen - TBD - Kourou
TBD - Sentinel-3B 2nd Gen - TBD - Kourou
TBD - Sentinel-5B - TBD - Kourou
TBD - Sentinel-5C - TBD - Kourou
TBD - GOCE-FO - TBD - Kourou
TBD - Dream Chaser - Ariane 64 - Kourou ELA-4

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1183 on: 06/26/2017 03:35 pm »
On the schedule from DLR;
VEGA VV-10 ADM AEOLIS is scheduled for Jan. 20 2018.

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1184 on: 06/26/2017 03:46 pm »
2018 - DEOS (x2 sat)  - TBD - Kourou

DEOS was cancelled after the definition phase.

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1185 on: 06/26/2017 06:05 pm »
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early - SES-12, EDRS-C (Hylas 3) - Ariane 5 ECA (VA242) - Kourou ELA-3

EDRS-C / Hylas is being pushed out to to H2 due to issues with the Ka-band payload.

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LE BOURGET, France — A long-delayed satellite carrying a laser-optical payload for intersatellite links and Ka-band broadband for Africa faces further delays because of an anomaly in its Ka-band system, government and industry officials said.
The satellite, called EDRS-C by the European Space Agency, Airbus Defense and Space and the European Commission, and Hylas-3 by commercial satellite fleet operator Avanti Communications, which will operate the Ka-band service, is unlikely to launch before mid-2018, officials said.


As as side note, if the schedule is correct than 2018 will be crazy year for Arianespace.

4 Vega starts, 4 Soyuz, JWST on Ariane 5, BepiColomo on Ariane 5 + X numbers of commercial Ariane 5 ECA's launches.

A new record with 13 launches maybe?
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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1186 on: 06/26/2017 11:03 pm »
Taranis is a rideshare payload, it only weights ~165kg.
And Prisma also has a mass less then 550kg.
I think it is very likely these will ride along with each other.
Possibly this mission is the Small Spacecraft Mission.
I think the origional plan was for two or three Vega launches in 2018. But since ADM Aeolis delayed from 2017 to early 2018 indeed the number of vega launches could be four.

It has been officially reported that Soyuz will launch four times in 2018 and 2019 from CSG. (Reply #1167)

I think it's not possible to launch both Bepi-Colombo and JWST with a Ariane 5 ECA during Oktober 2018. Most likely Bepi-Columbo will be delayed further.
But still six or seven Ariane 5 are likely. So indeed Arianespace could reach 12-15 launches in 2018.

I also read that Sentinel 3B has been delayed to March 2018, it was planed for a Rockot launch, but possibly ESA is done with the delays and has opted to use Vega instead.

[I speculate a lot in this post]
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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1187 on: 06/26/2017 11:25 pm »
Taranis is a rideshare payload, it only weights ~165kg.
And Prisma also has a mass less then 550kg.
I think it is very likely these will ride along with each other.
Possibly this mission is the Small Spacecraft Mission.
I think the origional plan was for two or three Vega launches in 2018. But since ADM Aeolis delayed from 2017 to early 2018 indeed the number of vega launches could be four.

It has been officially reported that Soyuz will launch four times in 2018 and 2019 from CSG.

I think it's not possible to launch both Bepi-Colombo and JWST with a Ariane 5 ECA during Oktober 2018. Most likely Bepi-Columbo will be delayed further.
But still six or seven Ariane 5 are likely. So indeed Arianespace could reach 12-15 launches in 2018.

I also read that Sentinel 3B has been delayed to March 2018, it was planed for a Rockot launch, but possibly ESA is done with the delays and has opted to use Vega instead.
can you post sources for the ones not linked please.

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1188 on: 06/27/2017 05:20 am »
http://www.eutelsat.com/en/satellites/EUTELSAT-7C.html
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Ordered from Space Systems Loral, and launching third quarter 2018, EUTELSAT 7C will be equipped with 44 operational Ku-band transponders.

Mar. - Sep. -(Ariane 5)- X-Band defense communication satellite-1(DSN-1)  “きらめき1号(Kirameki-1)” (Superbird-8)

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1189 on: 06/28/2017 12:39 am »
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I think it's not possible to launch both Bepi-Colombo and JWST with a Ariane 5 ECA during October 2018. Most likely Bepi-Columbo will be delayed further.
<snip>
Intervening reality will likely take one of the two payloads out of the October 2018 window.  Probably some corollary of Murphy's Law is applicable.

However, Bepi-Colombo has a planetary launch window to make.  JWST does not.

I suspect that if a choice must be made, B-C will launch in October 2018, and JWST (slightly) delayed.

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1190 on: 06/28/2017 01:45 am »
<snip>
I think it's not possible to launch both Bepi-Colombo and JWST with a Ariane 5 ECA during October 2018. Most likely Bepi-Columbo will be delayed further.
<snip>
Intervening reality will likely take one of the two payloads out of the October 2018 window.  Probably some corollary of Murphy's Law is applicable.

However, Bepi-Colombo has a planetary launch window to make.  JWST does not.

I suspect that if a choice must be made, B-C will launch in October 2018, and JWST (slightly) delayed.

Disclaimer: I'm not a NASA or ESA insider.  But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express!
currently barring delays it looks like 2 in the same month until schedule update. Expecting JWST to shift to the right a bit but 15 day launch separation is possible provided staffing is adequate at CSG for simultaneous campaigns its been done with other launchers before so its possible that its doesnt slip.

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1191 on: 06/28/2017 03:23 pm »
<snip>
I think it's not possible to launch both Bepi-Colombo and JWST with a Ariane 5 ECA during October 2018. Most likely Bepi-Columbo will be delayed further.
<snip>
Intervening reality will likely take one of the two payloads out of the October 2018 window.  Probably some corollary of Murphy's Law is applicable.

However, Bepi-Colombo has a planetary launch window to make.  JWST does not.

I suspect that if a choice must be made, B-C will launch in October 2018, and JWST (slightly) delayed.

Disclaimer: I'm not a NASA or ESA insider.  But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express!
currently barring delays it looks like 2 in the same month until schedule update. Expecting JWST to shift to the right a bit but 15 day launch separation is possible provided staffing is adequate at CSG for simultaneous campaigns its been done with other launchers before so its possible that its doesnt slip.
Copy that--I didn't recall if a 15 day Ariane 5 launch turn-around was possible.

I suspect (not know) that these two high-profile launch campaigns will be fully staffed to allow parallel operations where possible.

If the schedules hold, summer and fall 2018 in Kourou will be very interesting!
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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1192 on: 06/28/2017 04:37 pm »
<snip>
I think it's not possible to launch both Bepi-Colombo and JWST with a Ariane 5 ECA during October 2018. Most likely Bepi-Columbo will be delayed further.
<snip>
Intervening reality will likely take one of the two payloads out of the October 2018 window.  Probably some corollary of Murphy's Law is applicable.

However, Bepi-Colombo has a planetary launch window to make.  JWST does not.

I suspect that if a choice must be made, B-C will launch in October 2018, and JWST (slightly) delayed.

Disclaimer: I'm not a NASA or ESA insider.  But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express!
currently barring delays it looks like 2 in the same month until schedule update. Expecting JWST to shift to the right a bit but 15 day launch separation is possible provided staffing is adequate at CSG for simultaneous campaigns its been done with other launchers before so its possible that its doesnt slip.
Copy that--I didn't recall if a 15 day Ariane 5 launch turn-around was possible.

I suspect (not know) that these two high-profile launch campaigns will be fully staffed to allow parallel operations where possible.

If the schedules hold, summer and fall 2018 in Kourou will be very interesting!
Its theoretically possible but hasn't to my knowledge been done before with Ariane 5 but has been done in past at CSG.

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1193 on: 06/29/2017 07:51 pm »
http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/jun/29/isros-second-last-launch-from-foreign-soil-today-1622096.html
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A S Kiran Kumar, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), told Express that after Thursday’s launch, Arianespace will be launching GSAT-11, which weighs about 5,800 kg, sometime later this year.
https://thewire.in/152683/gsat-17-ariane-gslv-mkiii-pslv-insat/
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The GSAT-11, which will be the heaviest communication satellite built thus far by ISRO (weighing about 5.8 tonnes) is expected to be launched on an Ariane 5 rocket at the end of 2017.

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1194 on: 07/03/2017 09:26 am »
It seems the postponement of ADM-Aeolus freed the VV11 slot for another payload.

https://www.aerospatium.info/premier-lancement-secret-arianespace/
I watch rockets

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1195 on: 07/03/2017 11:57 am »
It seems the postponement of ADM-Aeolus freed the VV11 slot for another payload.

https://www.aerospatium.info/premier-lancement-secret-arianespace/

Has anyone an info on the payload?

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1196 on: 07/03/2017 05:24 pm »
[speculation] UAE Falcon Eye 1 [/speculation]

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1197 on: 07/03/2017 06:03 pm »
[speculation] UAE Falcon Eye 1 [/speculation]

Oh, that's a very clever guess!

Quoting "Thales in the UAE":

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Both satellites, weighing less than 1,500 kg each, are to be launched in late 2017 and 2018.

I think we found thepayload.
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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1198 on: 07/03/2017 06:10 pm »
Marrakech is another option

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1199 on: 07/03/2017 06:23 pm »
Marrakech is another option

Some context for readers:

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Thales Alenia Space Mum on Satellite Order Said To Be for Morocco

Thales Group of France said its space division has booked an order with an unnamed African nation for an Earth observation satellite, with the Thales share of the contract valued at around 300 million euros ($410 million).

Given the size of the order, the contract is likely the two-satellite deal disclosed in December as being a joint bid by Thales Alenia Space and its sometime competitor, Airbus Defence and Space. Industry officials have described the contract as with the government of Morocco. The two companies have declined to comment on it.

UAE officials have said they have been given complete freedom of use of Falcon Eye, whose two satellites are scheduled for launch aboard two European Vega rockets.

The Moroccan system — if that is in fact the government in question — will also be launched on two Vega rockets in 2017 and 2018 under a launch contract announced in early January by the Arianespace commercial launch consortium, which at the time declined to disclose the end customer.

http://spacenews.com/39666thales-alenia-space-mum-on-satellite-order-said-to-be-for-morocco/
« Last Edit: 07/03/2017 06:24 pm by calapine »

 

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