Ariane 42L
SuccessSatmex 5 · Arianespace
Launch time (NET)
Sunday, Dec 6, 1998, 00:43 UTC
Launch window
Sunday, Dec 6, 1998, 00:43 UTC – Sunday, Dec 6, 1998, 00:43 UTC
Provider
Arianespace
Rocket
Launch pad
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
Satmex 5
Type
Communications
Orbit
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
SATMEX 5 is a Hughes HS-601HP or "high power" version of the body-stabilized spacecraft. It features more than 7,000 Watts of payload power, at least 10 times the capacity of Morelos II. Through such innovations as dual-junction gallium arsenide solar cells, radiation-cooled traveling-wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs), advanced battery technology, and a xenon ion propulsion system, XIPS, the HS-601HP can carry payloads twice as powerful as those on the HS 601 models, with an expected 15-year mission lifetime.
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