flown by Arianespace France

Koreasat-7

Success
MAY 04201721:50:00 UTC

Ariane 5 launched two geostationary communications satellites: Brazil's SGDC-1 for civil and military use, and Koreasat-7 for South Korea's KT SAT. SGDC-1 separated first, 28 minutes after liftoff, with Koreasat-7 following eight minutes later.

Koreasat-7 was the third KT SAT satellite to fly on an Arianespace launcher, after Koreasat-3 on an Ariane 4 in 1999 and Koreasat-6 on an Ariane 5 in 2010.

launched from ELA-3 Kourou

aboard Ariane 5 ECA VA236 into GSO

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Payloads · 2

  • 01

    Koreasat-7

    Communications

  • 02

    SGDC-1

    Communications

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