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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1440 on: 09/04/2018 06:32 pm »
Launched:
№ – Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)
2018:
01 - January 25  - Al Yah 3, SES-14 (NASA GOLD) - Ariane 5 ECA (VA241) - Kourou ELA-3 - 22:20:07.3 - partial success
02 - March 9 - O3b FM13, O3b FM14, O3b FM15, O3b FM16 (Block 3a) - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-MT (VS18) - Kourou ELS - 17:10:06
03 - April 5 - DSN-1 (Superbird-8), Hylas 4 - Ariane 5 ECA (VA242) - Kourou ELA-3 - 21:34:07.3
04 - July 25 - Galileo-FOC FM19 (Tara), Galileo-FOC FM20 (Samuel), Galileo-FOC FM21 (Anna), Galileo-FOC FM22 (Ellen) - Ariane 5-ES (VA244) - Kourou ELA-3 - 11:25:08.3
05 - August 22 - ADM-Aeolus - Vega (VV12) - Kourou ZLV - 21:20:09.478

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

2018
NET September 25 - Horizons 3e, Intelsat 38 (Azerspace-2) - Ariane 5 ECA (VA243) - Kourou ELA-3 - 21:53-22:28
October 19 - BepiColombo-MPO, BepiColombo-MMO - Ariane 5 ECA (VA245) - Kourou ELA-3 - 01:45 (or NLT November 29)
NET November 7 - MetOp-C - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-M (VS19) - Kourou ELS ~00:47
November 30  December 4 - GSAT-11, GEO-KOMPSAT-2A (GK2A, Cheollian 2A) - Ariane 5 ECA (VA246) - Kourou ELA-3
December 14 (TBD) Midyear 2019  - CSO 1 (Composante Spatiale Optique-1) - Soyuz ST-B/Fregat-M (VS20) - Kourou ELS
NET December 15 - GSAT-31 - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
NET November  December 15 - HS4-SGS1 (Hellas-Sat-4, SaudiGeoSat-1) - Ariane 5 ECA  - Kourou ELA-3
December - PRISMA (Precursore Iperspettrale della Missione Applicativa) - Vega (VV13) - Kourou ZLV
NET November  December - GEO-KOMPSAT-2A (GK2A, Cheollian 2A) - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3

2019
Early - SSMS POC (Small Spacecraft Mission Service Proof Of Concept) flight: D-Orbit’s ION CubeSat Carrier, Athena, Lemur-2y (x TBD) and other - Vega - Kourou ZLV
NET Mid-February - OneWeb smallsat (x10) - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-MT - Kourou ELS
Q1 - EUTELSAT 7C - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
December 14, 2018  H1 - CSG-1 (COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation-1), CHEOPS (CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite) - Soyuz ST-B/Fregat-MT  (VS20)  - Kourou ELS
H1 - O3b FM17, O3b FM18, O3b FM19, O3b FM20 (Block 3b) - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-MT - Kourou ELS
Q2 - Intelsat 39 - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
May - EDRS-C (Hylas 3) - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
NET May - GSAT-30 - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
H2 - Inmarsat 5 F5 (GX) - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
H2 - Eutelsat Quantum - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
August - EarthCARE [Earth Explorer 6] - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-MT - Kourou ELS
NET Q3 - OneWeb smallsat (x34) - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-MT - Kourou ELS
Q4 - JCSat-17 - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3 (or Q1 2020)
Late - GEO-KOMPSAT-2B (GK2B, Cheollian 2B) - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
Late - D-Orbit’s ION CubeSat Carrier: Astrocast 1.1, Astrocast 1.2, Astrocast 1.3, Astrocast 1.4, Astrocast 1.5, Astrocast 1.6, Astrocast 1.7, Astrocast 1.8, Astrocast 1.9, Astrocast 1.10 - Vega-C (inaugural flight) - Kourou ZLV
Late - Seosat (Ingenio) - Vega - Kourou ZLV (or Early 2020)
TBD - Eutelsat Konnect (Eutelsat BB4A, African Broadband Satellite) - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
TBD - Star One D2 - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
TBD - Mohammed VI-B (MN35-B, Morocco EO Sat 2) - Vega - Kourou ZLV
TBD - OpSIS - Vega - Kourou ZLV
TBD - Falcon Eye 1 - Vega - Kourou ZLV
TBD - Falcon Eye 2 - Vega - Kourou ZLV

Piggybacked:
TBD - TARANIS (Tool for the Analysis of RAdiation from lightNIng and Sprites) - Vega - Kourou ZLV
TBD - ELO - TBD - Kourou

2020
Early - SSMS (Small Spacecraft Mission Service) flight 2 - Vega - Kourou ZLV
Early - Galaxy 30, MEV-2 - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
Early - CERES (x3) - Vega-С - Kourou ZLV
June - Space Rider flight 1 - Vega-C - Kourou ZLV
July 16 - TBD - Ariane 62 (FM1) [inaugural flight] - Kourou ELA-4 (or Late)
Midyear - ViaSat 3 EMEA - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3 (or Falcon Heavy)
Midyear - Pleiades Neo 1, Pleiades Neo 2 - Vega-С - Kourou ZLV (or Late)
Midyear - CSG-2 (COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation-2) - Vega-C - Kourou ZLV
H2 - Intelsat comsat - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
October - PROBA 3 Coronagraph, PROBA 3 Occulter - Vega (TBD) - Kourou ZLV
NET December - Galileo-FOC FM23, Galileo-FOC FM24 - Ariane 62 (FM2) - Kourou ELA-4
TBD - BSAT-4b - 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 - EDRS-D (hosted payload) - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
TBD - Seosat-Ingenio-2 - TBD - Kourou
TBD - OneWeb smallsat (x34-36) - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-MT - Kourou ELS
TBD - OneWeb smallsat (x34-36) - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-MT - Kourou ELS
TBD - OneWeb smallsat (x34-36) - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-MT - Kourou ELS

Piggybacked:
TBD - MicroCarb - Vega-C / Soyuz (TBD) - Kourou
TBD - Nano-JASMINE - Vega - Kourou ZLV

2021
March 30 - JWST - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
H1 - Galileo-FOC FM25, Galileo-FOC FM26 - Ariane 62 (FM3) - Kourou ELA-4
Mid-June - Euclid - Soyuz ST-B/Fregat MT - Kourou ELS
July - constellation or dual launch - Ariane 64 (FM4) - Kourou ELA-4
July - BIOMASS - Vega C - Kourou ZLV
H2 - TBD - Ariane 6 (FM5) - Kourou ELA-4
September - MetOp-SG 1A (EPS-SG-a, Sentinel-5A) - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-M - Kourou ELS (or 2022)
Q4 - MTG-I1 - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
Late - TBD - Ariane 6 (FM6) - Kourou ELA-4 (or Early 2022)
NET December - KOMPSAT-7 - Vega-C - Kourou ZLV
TBD -  SES-17 - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
TBD - Comsat NG 1 (Syracuse 4A) - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
TBD - CNES/UAE Mars mission - Vega-C - Kourou ZLV
TBD - Pleiades Neo 3, Pleiades Neo 4 - Vega-С - Kourou ZLV
TBD - Heinrich Hertz (H2Sat) - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3 (or 2022)
TBD - Space Rider flight 2 - Vega-C - Kourou ZLV
TBD - THEOS-2 - Vega/Vega-C - Kourou ZLV

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

2022
Q2 - TBD - Ariane 6 - Kourou ELA-4
Q2 - TBD - Ariane 6 - Kourou ELA-4
May 20 - JUICE - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3 (or NLT June 10)
H2 - TBD - Ariane 6 - Kourou ELA-4
H2 - TBD - Ariane 6 - Kourou ELA-4
H2 - TBD - Ariane 6 - Kourou ELA-4
December - MetOp-SG 1B (EPS-SG-b) - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-M - Kourou ELS (or 2023)
December - FLEX (Fluorescence Explorer satellite) - Vega-C (TBD) - Kourou ZLV
TBD - TBD - Ariane 6 - Kourou ELA-4
TBD - TBD - Ariane 6 - Kourou ELA-4
TBD - TBD - Ariane 6 - Kourou ELA-4
TBD - Comsat NG 2 (Syracuse 4B) - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
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
TBD - CSO 2 (Composante Spatiale Optique-2) - Soyuz ST-B/Fregat-MT - Kourou ELS

2023
Q1 - MTG-S1 (Sentinel-4A) - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
Q3 - Sentinel-1C - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-MT / Ariane 62 - Kourou ELS/ELA-4
October - Hera - TBD - TBD
TBD - Space Rider flight 4 - Vega-C - Kourou ZLV

2024
Q2 - Sentinel-2C - Vega-C - Kourou ZLV
TBD - CSO 3 (Composante Spatiale Optique-3) - Ariane 62 - Kourou ELA-4
TBD - Space Rider flight 5 - Vega-C - Kourou ZLV
TBD - inaugural flight - Vega-E - Kourou ZLV

2025
Early - Sentinel-7A - TBD - Kourou
Midyear - Sentinel-9 - TBD - Kourou
Midyear - Sentinel-10 - TBD - Kourou
Q3 - Sentinel-1D - TBD - Kourou
Q3 - Sentinel-3C - Vega-C/E - Kourou ZLV
Q3 - MTG-I2 - Ariane 6 - Kourou ELA-4
Q4 - Sentinel-8 - TBD - Kourou
TBD - ESA Earth Explorer-9 - TBD - Kourou

2026
Q4 - PLATO - Ariane 62 - Kourou ELA-4
Late - Sentinel-2D - TBD - Kourou

Piggybacked:
TBD - Fast - Ariane 62 - Kourou ELA-4 (or 2028)

2027
Q1 - Sentinel-3D - TBD - Kourou

2028
January - ATHENA+ - Ariane 6 - Kourou ELA-4
Early - Sentinel-7B - TBD - Kourou
Q2 - MTG-I3 - Ariane 6 - Kourou ELA-4
Midyear - ARIEL (Atmospheric Remote‐sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large‐survey) - Ariane 62 - Kourou ELA-4
September - MetOp-SG 2A (Sentinel-5B) - Ariane 62 - Kourou ELA-4

2029
December - MetOp-SG 2B - Ariane 62 - Kourou ELA-4

2030
Q4 - MTG-S2 (Sentinel-4B) - Ariane 6 - Kourou ELA-4 (or December)
late - Sentinel-7C - TBD - Kourou

2032
December - MTG-I4 - Ariane 6 - Kourou ELA-4 (or Q4)

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

2035
September - MetOp-SG 3A (Sentinel-5C) - Ariane 62 - Kourou ELA-4

2036
December - MetOp-SG 3B - Ariane 62 - Kourou ELA-4

Unclear:
Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)
NET 2020 - GO-3S (Geostationary Observation Space Surveillance System) - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
2021-2022 - Dream Chaser United Nations space mission - Ariane 64 - Kourou ELA-4
2021-2027 - Eutelsat comsat - Ariane 64 - Kourou ELA-4
2021-2027 - Eutelsat comsat - Ariane 64 - Kourou ELA-4
2021-2027 - Eutelsat comsat - Ariane 64 - Kourou ELA-4
2021-2027 - Eutelsat comsat - Ariane 64 - Kourou ELA-4
2021-2027 - Eutelsat comsat - Ariane 64 - Kourou ELA-4

NET 2022 - Galileo-FOC FM27, Galileo-FOC FM28 - Ariane 62 - Kourou ELA-4
NET 2022 - Galileo-FOC FM29, Galileo-FOC FM30 - Ariane 62 - Kourou ELA-4
NET 2022 - THR NG - TBD - Kourou
2024 (TBD) - CarbonSat - Vega-C (TBD) - Kourou ZLV
Late 2025 - Jason-CS-B (Sentinel-6B) - Vega-C (TBD) - Kourou ZLV (or Falcon 9)
2026 - Heracles (HLEPP - Human Lunar Exploration Precursor Program) - Ariane 6 - Kourou ELA-4
2026 (TBD) - Jason-CS Follow-on A  - Vega-E (TBD) - Kourou ZLV
2027-2028 - ESA’s 10th Earth Explorer mission - TBD - Kourou
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 - Theseus (M5 mission candidate) - TBD - Kourou (or Early 2030s)
2029-2030 - Spica (M5 mission candidate) - TBD - Kourou (or Early 2030s)
2029-2030 - EnVision (M5 mission candidate) - TBD - Kourou (or Early 2030s)
2031 - M6 mission - TBD - Kourou (or Mid-2030s)
2030's - test flight - Ariane Next (Ariane 7) - Kourou
TBD - Gokturk 1B - Soyuz-ST-A/Fregat-M - 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

Piggybacked:
2018 - VNREDSat-1b - Vega - Kourou ZLV

Statistics:
Orbital launches from CSG - 282 (Diamant B - 5, Europa II - 1, Diamant BP.4 - 3, Ariane 1 - 11, Ariane 3 - 11, Ariane 2 - 6, Ariane 4 - 116, Ariane 5 - 99, Soyuz ST - 18, Vega - 12)

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1441 on: 09/09/2018 12:44 pm »
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December 14 - CSG-1 (COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation-1), CHEOPS (CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite) - Soyuz ST-B/Fregat-MT (VS20) - Kourou ELS
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Confusion about the December Soyuz launch.

The ESA CHEOPS Missionspage says 2019, on the CHEOPS-Homepage is also 2019.

http://sci.esa.int/cheops/54034-operations/
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Launch of CHEOPS is planned for 2019.

http://cheops.unibe.ch/de/cheops-mission/status/
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CHEOPS is targeting completion of the satellite level test by the end of 2018 and a launch is expected in the first half of 2019. Confirmation of the launch period is expected from Arianespace.

On the other hand, there have been reports in the last few days
CSO-1 would start in December.

https://cnes.fr/fr/direct-florence-parly-ministre-des-armees-en-visite-au-cnes
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Florence Parly, ministre des Armées, s'est redue vendredi 7 septembre 2018 au CNES de Toulouse pour visiter le Centre de programmation, de commande et de contrôle du satellite militaire français CSO (lancement prévu en décembre 2018), puis le service « qualité image » et enfin le COO, Centre d'orbitographie opérationnelle, qui surveille les objets au voisinage de la Terre. A l'issue de cette visite, la ministre s'est exprimée sur la stratégie spatiale militaire française, alors qu'un groupe de travail du ministère des Armées doit lui rendre des propositions sur le sujet d'ici le mois de novembre.

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1442 on: 09/09/2018 06:13 pm »
CHEOPS is with us at ESTEC, my money is on CSO for December ;-)

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1443 on: 09/10/2018 01:50 pm »

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1444 on: 09/10/2018 04:07 pm »
Sounds like one firm contract and 4 options on the Eutelsat order?

[Arianespace] Ariane 6 accelerates as Arianespace signs first commercial GEO multiple-launch contract, plus a new institutional mission [Sep 10]
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World Satellite Business Week 2018

Arianespace is present at World Satellite Business Week (WSBW) from September 10 to 14 in Paris, confirming the attractiveness of its launcher family with the announcement of two contracts for Ariane 6: the first with Eutelsat as part of a launch services agreement involving five satellites; and the second with France’s CNES space agency and the country’s DGA defense procurement agency for the CSO-3 satellite. A third contract also was signed recently with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for Ariane 5 missions to orbit two satellites.

Arianespace’s backlog is now 59 launches to be carried out during the coming years, including three on Vega C and five on Ariane 6 – the new launchers slated to make their maiden flights in 2019 and 2020, respectively.

Stéphane Israël, Chief Executive Officer of Arianespace, will participate in the WSBW roundtable entitled: “Accelerating Access to Space” on Tuesday, September 11 at 4:00 p.m.

First multi-launch commercial contract with GEO satellites for Ariane 6, along with its third institutional mission

As World Satellite Business Week opened its doors, Arianespace and Eutelsat announced the signature of a multi-year multiple-launch agreement concerning five satellites to be launched through 2027, making Eutelsat the first commercial Ariane 6 customer with geostationary orbit satellite payloads. For institutional missions, after the two launch contracts signed in 2017 for the European Commission and ESA’s Galileo constellation, CNES and the DGA have chosen the A62 version of Ariane 6 (with two boosters) to launch their CSO-3 satellite. These orders clearly reflect the competitiveness and versatility of Ariane 6, which will be available in two versions to handle all orbits and multiple payload configurations under the fairing.

Ariane 5 also confirmed its continued attractiveness, as Arianespace signed a contract with India’s ISRO space agency for the launch of two geostationary satellites: GSAT-30 and GSAT-31.

In total, and taking into account the signing of a contract with B-SAT during the first half of 2018 to launch BSAT-4b with Ariane 5 – as well as several contracts for the Proof of Concept (POC) flight of the Small Satellite Launch System (SSMS) on Vega – Arianespace’s order book value has reached more than €4.9 billion. This corresponds to 59 launches: 17 Ariane 5s, five with Ariane 6, 28 with Soyuz and nine with Vega/Vega C.

With nearly one-third of these launches for the European institutions, Arianespace reaffirms its mission to provide Europe with reliable and independent access to space while also confirming its export success.

A contract also is expected to be signed with the South Korean space agency (KARI) on September 20 in Daejeon for a satellite to be lofted by Vega C.

13 satellites orbited by Ariane, Soyuz and Vega since January 2018

Arianespace has carried out five launches since the start of 2018 for both institutional and commercial customers, clearly reflecting the versatility of its launcher family and services. The 13 satellites launched weighed a cumulated total of 25 metric tons and they are performing communications, navigation, science and Earth observation missions. From January to August 2018:

Three Ariane 5 launchers orbited four geostationary communications satellites for SES, Yahsat, Avanti Communications and SKY Perfect JSAT/Japanese Ministry of Defense, along with four satellites in the Galileo navigation constellation for the European Commission and ESA,
A Soyuz orbited four satellites in SES’s O3b constellation, and
A Vega launched ESA’s Aeolus science satellite, which will support sustainable development.

Six more launches are scheduled during the remaining four months of the year, with two upcoming missions being highly symbolic:
The 100th Ariane 5 launch, scheduled for September 25, will loft Horizons 3e for Intelsat and SKY Perfect JSAT, and Azerspace-2/Intelsat 38 for Azercosmos and Intelsat.
BepiColombo, a mission to explore the planet Mercury, for ESA in partnership with the Japanese space agency (JAXA), to be launched by an Ariane 5 on October 19.

Ariane 6 and Vega C: getting closer!

Development of the new members of Arianespace’s launcher family is proceeding apace, with first missions planned in 2019 for Vega C and 2020 for Ariane 6. A milestone took place on July 16 with a successful first hot firing test of the P120C solid rocket motor, which will equip the strap-on boosters for Ariane 62 and Ariane 64, as well as Vega C’s first stage. This followed a series of successful tests of the Vulcain 2.1 main stage engine and Vinci upper stage engine for Ariane 6, along with progress toward Maturity Gate 7 (the critical design review) – which is planned by year-end.

European institutions also have reached major milestones in their commitment to Ariane 6 and Vega C. After the European Commission announced its proposed ambitious space budget for the upcoming decade, an ESA Council meeting in June confirmed funding for the transition period between Ariane 5 and Ariane 6. In addition to the four government contracts already signed for Europe’s new launchers (three for Ariane 6 and one for Vega C), the commitment of European governments to all missions identified during the transition phase is a key to the sustainable success of these launchers.

About Arianespace

Arianespace uses space to make life better on Earth by providing launch services for all types of satellites into all orbits. It has orbited more than 570 satellites since 1980, using its family of three launchers, Ariane, Soyuz and Vega, from launch sites in French Guiana (South America) and Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Arianespace is headquartered in Evry, near Paris, and has a technical facility at the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, plus local offices in Washington, D.C., Tokyo and Singapore. Arianespace is a subsidiary of ArianeGroup, which holds 74% of its share capital, with the balance held by 17 other shareholders from the European launcher industry.
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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1445 on: 09/10/2018 06:22 pm »
Is it plausible that GSAT-11 and GSAT-31 could be launched on the same Ariane 5?

IIRC, Arianespace has launched 2 GEO payloads for the same client on the same launcher before.

Unknown: mass of GSAT-31
(slight) Risk: losing two ISRO s/c in one LV failure
Benefit: getting both of these satellites into service ASAP

Hmm...

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

2018
November 30 - GSAT-11 - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
NET November - HS4-SGS1 (Hellas-Sat-4, SaudiGeoSat-1) - Ariane 5 ECA  - Kourou ELA-3
NET December 15 - GSAT-31 - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3
NET November  December - GEO-KOMPSAT-2A (GK2A, Cheollian 2A) - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1446 on: 09/10/2018 06:36 pm »
Is it plausible that GSAT-11 and GSAT-31 could be launched on the same Ariane 5?

IIRC, Arianespace has launched 2 GEO payloads for the same client on the same launcher before.

Unknown: mass of GSAT-31
(slight) Risk: losing two ISRO s/c in one LV failure
Benefit: getting both of these satellites into service ASAP

AFAIK mass of GSAT-31 is 3100 kg.

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1447 on: 09/10/2018 06:41 pm »
Is it plausible that GSAT-11 and GSAT-31 could be launched on the same Ariane 5?

IIRC, Arianespace has launched 2 GEO payloads for the same client on the same launcher before.

Unknown: mass of GSAT-31
(slight) Risk: losing two ISRO s/c in one LV failure
Benefit: getting both of these satellites into service ASAP

AFAIK mass of GSAT-31 is 3100 kg.

Thank you!  If true, then GSAT-11 and GSAT-31 would work from a technical standpoint as upper and lower payloads, respectively, at ~6000 kg and 3100 kg, also respectively.

EDIT: Not happening.
VA246 with GSAT-11 and Geo Compsat 2A planned for 4th of December (TBC)
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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1448 on: 09/12/2018 05:57 pm »
https://twitter.com/arianespaceceo/status/1039910005288431617
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#Arianespace will orbit THEOS-2 Earth observation satellite for #Thailand 🇹🇭! Launch is planned for 2021 using #Vega or #VegaC, under terms of a turnkey contract between @AirbusSpace and the country’s Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency. #MissiontoSuccess

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1449 on: 09/16/2018 07:38 am »
https://ria.ru/science/20180916/1528643533.html
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The source recalled that the first launch of the OneWeb satellites from Baikonur will take place six months after the qualification launch from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana. "The current schedule assumes that the launch from Kourou will be carried out in mid-February 2019, and accordingly, the launches from Baikonur under the OneWeb program will begin in late summer or early autumn of 2019," he said.

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1450 on: 09/16/2018 10:16 pm »
Cross-post, from the PSLV C42 post-successful-launch speeches:
ISRO Chairman wrapping up. GSAT 11 on 4 December and Chandrayaan 2 on 3 January.
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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1451 on: 09/17/2018 10:50 am »
NET December   15   - GSAT-31 - Ariane 5 ECA - Kourou ELA-3

Changes on September 16th

GSAT 11 on 4 December, not GSAT 31.

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1452 on: 09/18/2018 09:38 pm »
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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1453 on: 09/19/2018 07:38 am »
VA246 with GSAT-11 and Geo Compsat 2A planned for 4th of December (TBC)

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1454 on: 09/19/2018 11:03 am »
VS20 = CSO-1 with Fregat M133-10

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1455 on: 09/19/2018 12:04 pm »
VS20 = CSO-1 with Fregat M133-10

in December? the last launch in 2018 from french guiana?

VA246 with GSAT-11 and Geo Compsat 2A planned for 4th of December (TBC)

Strange four weeks gap between Soyuz VS19 and Ariane 5 VA246  ???
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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1456 on: 09/19/2018 06:34 pm »
VS20 = CSO-1 with Fregat M133-10

in December? the last launch in 2018 from french guiana?

VA246 with GSAT-11 and Geo Compsat 2A planned for 4th of December (TBC)

Strange four weeks gap between Soyuz VS19 and Ariane 5 VA246  ???
NSF ISRO schedule claims both their GSAT birds are launching on the 4th and 15th respectively.
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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1457 on: 09/20/2018 05:28 pm »
<snip and edit>
...and then a dual GTO VA246 in November near year's end?

[EDIT ADD 9/20: Now announced VA246 = GSAT-11 and GK2A, on December 4 TBC]

If the payloads are ready, could another dual GTO launch, a VA247, fit into the Ariane 5 launch cadence in December before year's end?

[EDIT ADD 9/22]
And:
<snip>
Between the 2 launches there is still margin as range reconfig time is around 2 weeks.

Is it plausible that a VA247, consisting of HS4-SGS1 and GSAT-31, could process and then launch in late December?
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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1458 on: 09/20/2018 06:01 pm »
http://www.arianespace.com/press-release/kompsat-7-vega-c/
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Arianespace to launch KOMPSAT-7 for the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) using a Vega C launch vehicle

Arianespace has been selected by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute to launch KOMPSAT-7. Stephane Israël, Arianespace CEO, and Lim Cheol-Ho, President of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), signed the KOMPSAT-7 launch contract today.

Using a Vega C launcher, the mission will be conducted from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, from December 2021.

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Re: Arianespace launch schedule
« Reply #1459 on: 09/20/2018 09:36 pm »
"LARES 2" is planned as primary payload for the maiden flight of VEGA-C.
Orbit 5900 km 70° circular.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318879934

Is that still relevant?
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