JCSAT-17
Success
FEB 18202022:18:00 UTCAriane 5 ECA delivered two geostationary satellites to transfer orbit in about 31 minutes: the 5,857 kg JCSAT-17, built by Lockheed Martin for Japan's SKY Perfect JSAT and bound for 136°E, and South Korea's GEO-KOMPSAT-2B, an Earth and ocean monitoring satellite bound for 128.2°E.
LIFTOFF
FEB 18 202022:18:00 UTC
Success
launched from ELA-3 Kourou
aboard Ariane 5 ECA VA252 into GSO
Broadcast
Watch how the launch went
Payloads · 2
- 01
JCSAT-17
Communications
- 02
Chollian-2B
Earth observation