https://www.defense.gouv.fr/content/download/561994/9709831/S%20-%20Fiche%20LPM%20-%20Syracuse%20IV.pdftranslated:QuoteBy 2022: launch of the SYRACUSE 4A and 4B satellites
By 2022: launch of the SYRACUSE 4A and 4B satellites
https://www.usinenouvelle.com/article/avec-la-constellation-syracuse-les-armees-francaises-passent-au-haut-debit-par-satellite.N1153337[dated October 26, 2021]Google translate:QuoteIt will be joined by two other satellites: Syracuse 4B launched in 2022 and Syracuse 4C ordered by 2025.
It will be joined by two other satellites: Syracuse 4B launched in 2022 and Syracuse 4C ordered by 2025.
https://www.cieletespace.fr/actualites/ariane-5-reussit-son-dernier-envol-avant-de-lancer-le-telescope-james-webb[dated October 25, 2021 and modified November 2, 2021]Google translate:QuoteThales Alenia Space, it will be joined in mid-2022 by a second satellite: Syracuse 4B, built by Airbus Defense and Space.
Thales Alenia Space, it will be joined in mid-2022 by a second satellite: Syracuse 4B, built by Airbus Defense and Space.
Syracuse 4B...
https://twitter.com/jlvuillemin/status/1532748436725981184Google translate:Quote@orange SAT teams were able to admire a monster: the new VHTS Konnect from @Eutelsat_SA the biggest European satellite ever built by @Thales_Alenia_S and in which we have heavily invested: 8.8 m high, 6500 kg and 40 m wide with solar panels.https://twitter.com/jlvuillemin/status/1532750545634598915Google translate: QuoteIt will enter the test phase then will be transported to Kourou by boat in early July, launched by an Ariane 5 in September and will be operational in August 2023.https://twitter.com/jlvuillemin/status/1532754742107152387Google translate:QuoteVHTS Konnect will complement the very high speed coverage of @orange for the benefit of all our customers wherever they are in France, Europe, North Africa and certain Middle Eastern countries.https://twitter.com/jlvuillemin/status/1532772725277839361Google translate:QuoteIt will be launched by an Ariane V (flight VA258) like this one, which I photographed on its launch pad at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou during the launch of the intelsat EPIC 33e.
@orange SAT teams were able to admire a monster: the new VHTS Konnect from @Eutelsat_SA the biggest European satellite ever built by @Thales_Alenia_S and in which we have heavily invested: 8.8 m high, 6500 kg and 40 m wide with solar panels.
It will enter the test phase then will be transported to Kourou by boat in early July, launched by an Ariane 5 in September and will be operational in August 2023.
VHTS Konnect will complement the very high speed coverage of @orange for the benefit of all our customers wherever they are in France, Europe, North Africa and certain Middle Eastern countries.
It will be launched by an Ariane V (flight VA258) like this one, which I photographed on its launch pad at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou during the launch of the intelsat EPIC 33e.
Yes [Eutelsat Konnect VHTS] is the only payload on VA258.https://twitter.com/Eutelsat_SA/status/1534220775837913090
During the VA257 launch webcast:Quote from: zubenelgenubi on 06/22/2022 10:44 pmIsrael: VA258 launches on September 6.Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 06/22/2022 11:09 pmSo after this tweet:https://twitter.com/arianespaceceo/status/1539741200797794305QuoteAnd mark your calendar: we’ll be back early September 6 for next Ariane 5 mission: onboard, EUTELSAT KONNECT VHTS, a satellite built by Thales_Alenia_S for Eutelsat_SA! VA258.
Israel: VA258 launches on September 6.
So after this tweet:https://twitter.com/arianespaceceo/status/1539741200797794305QuoteAnd mark your calendar: we’ll be back early September 6 for next Ariane 5 mission: onboard, EUTELSAT KONNECT VHTS, a satellite built by Thales_Alenia_S for Eutelsat_SA! VA258.
And mark your calendar: we’ll be back early September 6 for next Ariane 5 mission: onboard, EUTELSAT KONNECT VHTS, a satellite built by Thales_Alenia_S for Eutelsat_SA! VA258.
SFN confirms this is also switching to a Falcon 9 launch from SLC-40 at the Cape, NET November 2022.Also "The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will either be expended or land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean." - probable last usage of B1049?
QuoteBy this application, SSC Space US, Inc. dba Universal Space Network (collectively, "USN"),1 a Delaware Corporation, seeks FCC approval to support the Launch and Early Orbit (LEOP) support of the Syracuse4B spacecraft on its way to geosynchronous parking position at 46 degrees east. The spacecraft will be launched no earlier than February 17, 2023, at 00:15:00 UTC. USN has been contracted to support the Syracuse4B spacecraft LEOP for a period of up to 180 days....Spacecraft injectionSYR4b1 999U 22099A 23048.94923610 .00000000 00000-0 +00000-0 0 142 999 3.0301 310.0095 7280542 178.0728 3.1613 2.26979166 18
By this application, SSC Space US, Inc. dba Universal Space Network (collectively, "USN"),1 a Delaware Corporation, seeks FCC approval to support the Launch and Early Orbit (LEOP) support of the Syracuse4B spacecraft on its way to geosynchronous parking position at 46 degrees east. The spacecraft will be launched no earlier than February 17, 2023, at 00:15:00 UTC. USN has been contracted to support the Syracuse4B spacecraft LEOP for a period of up to 180 days....Spacecraft injectionSYR4b1 999U 22099A 23048.94923610 .00000000 00000-0 +00000-0 0 142 999 3.0301 310.0095 7280542 178.0728 3.1613 2.26979166 18
Le lancement de Syracuse 4B, prévu en 2023 en fonction des contraintes des lanceurs, sera complété d’ici 2030 par un troisième satellite répondant aux besoins croissant de connectivité des plateformes(Syracuse 4C).
The launch of Syracuse 4B, scheduled for 2023 depending on the constraints of the launchers, will be completed by 2030 by a third satellite to meet the platforms' growing connectivity needs.(Syracuse 4C).
Germany says Covid, arson attack at @OHB_SE likely to push Ariane 5 launch of civil/military H2Sat, with French @DGA Syracuse 4B, to June. @DLR_de @CNES @ESA@bnetza @ITU.
SFN Launch Schedule updated November 22:VA260 (typo in source)February 2023Syracuse 4B, Heinrich Hertz, and Ovzon-3!!!Is there an adapter on SYLDA, or on one of the other two satellites, to accommodate Ovzon-3?
09 November 2022Global MilSatCom 2022: French Syracuse satellite confirmed for launch in 2023by Olivia Savage...Speaking at the Global MilSatCom 2022 conference and exhibition held in London between 8 and 10 November, Lieutenant Colonel Marina Ballanger, Satcom International Affairs at the French defence procurement agency (Direction générale de l'armement: DGA), announced that the launch date for the Syracuse 4B satellite has been confirmed for early 2023.Development of the satellite is expected to be completed by December 2022, and ready for its launch date in early 2023, she said....
The EPC (core stage) for the final #Ariane5 flight is in French Guiana along with Syracuse 4B.📸CNES/ESA/Arianespace-ArianeGroup/Optique Video CSG/JM Guillon#VA261 #ESA #CSG
The EPC (core stage) for the final #Ariane5 flight is in French Guiana along with Syracuse 4B.
Looks like Syracuse 4B was the lucky passenger on the first trip of the new ship Canopée
Arianespace's Stéphane Israël: Last Ariane 5 launch scheduled for June 21, carrying two European government payloads.