July 25 this year at
23:54 MSK to launch space complex ELA-3 launch vehicle launched from Kourou Ariane-5
with satellites Alphasat (Inmarsat XL) and INSAT-3D.
After 2:25 minutes
after the launch rocket boosters separated at 3:18 min folded fairing / TD / 9
minutes separated the first stage, after 27 minutes, the spacecraft Alphasat separated
from the 2nd stage of the launch, and by 29 th INSAT-3D. Both satellites
successfully uncovered the solar panels / SB /.
Alphasat I-XL - this is
a new communications satellite. It was built for the company satellite INMARSAT
/ Inmarsat / in the new European space platform "Alphabus". This
platform developed by two companies of the two "Thales Alenia Space",
and as "Astrium". Satellite in orbit took the position 25 ° east
longitude. Alphasat weighs about 6 tons, the size of the satellite is 40
meters, and in-orbit operation period is 15 years, the power of 12 kW.
INSAT-3D - a satellite
of India built on a platform of "I-2K". It is intended for
meteorology. The spacecraft will take pictures of the Earth with a resolution
of 4 km in the IR / IR / range. The satellite mounted instruments, such as the
transmission of meteorological data, data collection station, high and
low-speed data transmission, as well as search and rescue system. The satellite
was put into orbit / GSO /, to a height of 35,786 km, a position of 82 ° E. The
total weight is 2090 kg, power - 1100Vt.
This run was 70 m for
the RN Ariane-5, 40-Model ECA and 214 m for the entire family of launch Ariane.
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