Author Topic: Ariane 5 VA261 - Syracuse 4B & Heinrich Hertz - 5 July 2023 (22:00 UTC)  (Read 51334 times)

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Final Ariane 5 launch



Cross-posts; my bolds:
https://www.defense.gouv.fr/content/download/561994/9709831/S%20-%20Fiche%20LPM%20-%20Syracuse%20IV.pdf

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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]
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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]
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Thales Alenia Space, it will be joined in mid-2022 by a second satellite: Syracuse 4B, built by Airbus Defense and Space.
« Last Edit: 07/04/2023 06:37 am by Galactic Penguin SST »
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Re: Re: Ariane 5 VA25X - Syracuse-4B - midyear 2022
« Reply #1 on: 05/28/2022 11:41 am »
Syracuse 4B
...

@zubenelgenubi your link goes to Syracuse-4A, the satellites are not identical.  ;)
VA258 ?
CNES writes there (date March 23, 2022) launch Syracuse-4B mid-2022.But with which co-passenger?
Eutelsat Konnect VHTS is maybe 3 months away from a possible launch, I believe. But he is very tall and heavy.
Is Syracuse 4B small and light enough to partner with?
Eutelsat 10B payload+platform mating was about 5 months after Konnect VHTS mating. So it won't be finished soon.
Eutelsat Hotbird 13G (or 13F) no current information on these satellites.  :(
« Last Edit: 05/28/2022 12:54 pm by GWR64 »

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Re: Re: Ariane 5 VA25X - Syracuse-4B - midyear 2022
« Reply #2 on: 05/28/2022 07:38 pm »
Link edited.  :)
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Re: Re: Ariane 5 VA25X - Syracuse-4B - midyear 2022
« Reply #3 on: 06/23/2022 02:19 am »
Cross-posts.

Given that it takes approximately two weeks minimum to turn around between launches from Kourou/Ariane 5 launches, then NET late September is the earliest that Syracuse 4B could launch aboard a hypothetical VA259, with a more massive copassenger.

The above is no guarantee.  It could be the less massive copassenger on VA260, even later in 2022, or early 2023.

https://twitter.com/jlvuillemin/status/1532748436725981184

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@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/1532750545634598915

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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.



https://twitter.com/jlvuillemin/status/1532754742107152387

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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.



https://twitter.com/jlvuillemin/status/1532772725277839361

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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:
Israel: VA258 launches on September 6.

So after this tweet:
https://twitter.com/arianespaceceo/status/1539741200797794305
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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.
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Re: Re: Ariane 5 VA25X - Syracuse-4B - midyear 2022
« Reply #4 on: 08/27/2022 07:10 am »
As of this post, there is no news of the completion or delivery of Syracuse-4B.

Also, there is no news of the launch times or payloads assigned to VA259 and VA260.

The NET late September launch was based on the minimum turn-around after VA258 launches on September 6.

Also, the amount of time it takes to process a spacecraft for launch on-site at CSG must be considered.

Launch would now be NET Q4 2022.
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Re: Re: Ariane 5 VA25X - Syracuse-4B - midyear 2022
« Reply #5 on: 08/27/2022 08:45 am »
CNES writes in the Annual Report 2021, 2022 highlights: "End of year, Launch of Syracuse 4B by Ariane 5.".
I do not know why the report is published on August 24, 2022 and how up-to-date this information is.

https://www.calameo.com/read/0000156394077c3bf4319

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Re: Re: Ariane 5 VA25X - Syracuse-4B - midyear 2022
« Reply #6 on: 09/14/2022 09:42 pm »
I merged the launch threads for Syracuse 4B and Ovzon-3: They are the two remaining geocomm satellites launching aboard Ariane 5.

Re: Eutelsat 10B:
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?
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Re: Re: Ariane 5 VA25X - Syracuse-4B - midyear 2022
« Reply #7 on: 10/17/2022 09:21 pm »
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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.
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Spacecraft injection
SYR4b
1 999U 22099A 23048.94923610 .00000000 00000-0 +00000-0 0 14
2 999 3.0301 310.0095 7280542 178.0728 3.1613 2.26979166 18
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If this thread is for a flight that Ovzon isn't on, then the Ovzon news doesn't belong in this thread.

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Syracuse 4B seems to be ready for a launch, when the launcher (co-passenger?) will be ready, is not yet clear.
That's how I understand it.

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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).

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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).

https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/16/rapports/cion_def/l16b0369-tvi_rapport-avis.pdf [Oct. 19 2022]

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https://twitter.com/pbdes/status/1587830439518969858
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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.

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Re: Ariane 5 VA261 - Syracuse 4B & Heinrich Hertz - June 2023
« Reply #11 on: 11/23/2022 01:23 am »
SFN Launch Schedule updated November 22:
VA260 (typo in source)
February 2023
Syracuse 4B, Heinrich Hertz, and Ovzon-3
!!!

Is there an adapter on SYLDA, or on one of the other two satellites, to accommodate Ovzon-3?
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SFN Launch Schedule updated November 22:
VA260 (typo in source)
February 2023
Syracuse 4B, Heinrich Hertz, and Ovzon-3
!!!

Is there an adapter on SYLDA, or on one of the other two satellites, to accommodate Ovzon-3?

https://twitter.com/pbdes/status/1575052183501819906

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Re: Ariane 5 VA261 - Syracuse 4B & Heinrich Hertz - June 2023
« Reply #13 on: 11/23/2022 06:10 am »
That tweet is from 28 September, nearly two months ago. However, its not looking good for Ovzon 3. Even the regulators can't get information from Ovzon!

https://www.spaceintelreport.com/regulators-refuse-extension-of-ovzon-3-satellite-in-service-deadline-pending-manufacture-launcher-documentation/

"17 November 2022 International regulators declined to grant Sweden-based Ovzon AB an extension of the December in-service deadline for the Ovzon-3 satellite until the company provides much more detail from the satellite’s builder and launch-service provider explaining the delivery delays and the new schedule.

Acting through its regulator, the Cyprus Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, Ovzon is asking regulators to view Ovzon-3’s delays as a force majeure case eligible for deadline extensions."

This recent article doesn't mention Ovzon 3 being along for the ride.

https://www.spaceintelreport.com/germany-wins-regulatory-ok-to-heinrich-hertz-satellite-launch-in-june-on-last-ariane-5-with-french-military-syracuse-4b/

"17 November 2022 The German government has won  regulatory approval for a 2.5-month extension, to July 15, of the deadline for launching its civil/military Heinrich Hertz satellite, H2Sat.

The new date should give Germany and the H2Sat prime contractor, OHB SE, time enough to wrap up environmental testing of the satellite for shipment to Europe’s Guiana Space Center spaceport by April 17.

Under this schedule, it would be mated with the French Defense Ministry’s Syracuse 4B"
« Last Edit: 11/23/2022 06:12 am by Steven Pietrobon »
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Re: Ariane 5 VA261 - Syracuse 4B & Heinrich Hertz - June 2023
« Reply #14 on: 11/26/2022 09:45 am »
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09 November 2022
Global MilSatCom 2022: French Syracuse satellite confirmed for launch in 2023

by Olivia Savage

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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.
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Source: https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/global-milsatcom-2022-french-syracuse-satellite-confirmed-for-launch-in-2023

I thought Syracuse 4B was already ready to launch. Now it's clear, why Eutelsat has rebooked the 10B to the Falcon-9.
Syracuse 4B on the other hand, will have to wait for its launch partner(s?).
These double launches are a handicap for Arianespace.

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Re: Ariane 5 VA261 - Syracuse 4B & Heinrich Hertz - June 2023
« Reply #15 on: 01/18/2023 11:05 pm »
What ...  ???
This is obviously a STA request for the LEOP of H2Sat (Heinrich Hertz), originally starting on March 3rd for 180 days.
well hidden [Dec. 20 2022]

SES-STA-20221220-01414

There is another letter from January 13, the period will be changed.now starting on July 2, 2023.
https://licensing.fcc.gov/myibfs/download.do?attachment_key=19466249

 ???
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La Tribune writes here that the launch will take place in June. We will see.
The ground segment of H2SAT is not yet ready after that article.
The French Air and Space Force, meanwhile, is pretty unhappy with how things are going with Syracuse 4B.

https://www.latribune.fr/entreprises-finance/industrie/aeronautique-defense/le-retard-du-satellite-allemand-h2sat-repousse-le-lancement-de-syracuse-4b-948096.html

With a launch at the beginning of July, there would only be 2 weeks until the 2.5-month extension for the launch of H2SAT at the ITU is over.
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=57414.msg2433696#msg2433696
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https://twitter.com/delta_v/status/1617536967234682882

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The EPC (core stage) for the final #Ariane5 flight is in French Guiana along with Syracuse 4B.

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The EPC (core stage) for the final #Ariane5 flight is in French Guiana along with Syracuse 4B.
I suspect the EPC came with MN Colibri at the end of December.

https://twitter.com/DutchSpace/status/1617610349758525441

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Looks like Syracuse 4B was the lucky passenger on the first trip of the new ship Canopée

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https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1636085627929108482

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Arianespace's Stéphane Israël: Last Ariane 5 launch scheduled for June 21, carrying two European government payloads.

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