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Ariane 5 ECA | SKY Brasil-1 (Intelsat-32e) & Telkom-3S

Name: Ariane 5 ECA | SKY Brasil-1 (Intelsat-32e) & Telkom-3S
Start: 2017-02-14T21:39:00.000Z
End: 2017-02-14T23:05:00.000Z
Location: Ariane Launch Area 3

Arianespace • Ariane 5 ECA • Ariane Launch Area 3 (NA)

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SKY Brasil-1 (Intelsat-32e) & Telkom-3S

Arianespace • Ariane 5 ECA • LA-3

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Sky Brasil-1 (also known as Intelsat 32e) is a geostationary satellite to provide direct-to-home broadcasting services over Brazil. Telkom-3S is an Indonesian geostationary communications satellite. It is a replacement for Telkom-3, which was stranded in an unusable orbit due to launch failure in 2012.

Rocket profile

Ariane 5 ECA

Photo credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique vidéo du CSG•License: ESA Standard Licence

Variant: ECA

Length: 57.7 m

Diameter: 5.4 m

Reusable: No

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Launch info

Provider

Arianespace

Vehicle

Ariane 5 ECA

Pad

Ariane Launch Area 3 (LA-3)

State

NET

2017-02-14T21:39:00+00:00

Window start

2017-02-14T21:39:00+00:00

Window end

2017-02-14T23:05:00+00:00

Orbit

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Mission type

Communications

Launch site

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Reusable

GTO capacity (kg)

10500

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Ariane Launch Area 3

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Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana5.23900, -52.76800Provider map

SKY Brasil-1 (Intelsat-32e) & Telkom-3S

Rocket

Ariane 5 ECA

Manufacturer: ArianeGroup

Ariane 5 is a heavy-lift launch vehicle, part of the Ariane rocket family.

Maiden flight

2002-12-11

Launch mass (t)

780

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Watch coverageLive/Replay Pad satellite mapSatellite Rocket wikiReference VA235 - 02/14/2017Official Webcast Flight VA235 – SKY Brasil-1 / Telkom 3S | Ariane 5 Launch | ArianespaceOfficial Webcast Arianespace Flight VA235: SKY Brasil-1 and Telkom 3SOfficial Webcast Arianespace Vol VA235 / SKY Brasil-1 et Telkom 3S (VF)Official Webcast Décollage du vol Ariane 235, depuis le CSGRecap

Service provider

Arianespace

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Commercial • FRA

Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.

Objects from this launch

4 objects

SATCAT inventory for 2017-007

Last checked: 2026-03-11T00:11:00.529+00:00

Last success: 2026-03-11T00:11:00.529+00:00

Last non-empty: 2026-03-11T00:11:00.529+00:00

Latest snapshot: 2026-03-11T00:11:00.529+00:00

Snapshot hash: 1e17d744a36c043bbaea7e8d865e30b2a7bcdcecc4f64fabc9f7e7c0f9fca827

LL2 payloads: 0SATCAT payloads: 2Delta: +2RB: 1DEB: 1UNK: 0

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SATCAT payload objects

TELKOM 3S
2017-007ANORAD 41944PAYINDOOps: +
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: FRGUIPeriod: 1436.08 minRCS: 10.866 m²
Inc: 0.0°
35777 km → 35796 km
INTELSAT 32E (IS-32E)
2017-007BNORAD 41945PAYIntelsat (ITSO)Ops: +
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: FRGUIPeriod: 1436.11 minRCS: 14.737 m²
Inc: 0.0°
35787 km → 35787 km

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ARIANE 5 DEB [SYLDA]
2017-007DNORAD 41947DEBFrance (FR)
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: FRGUIPeriod: 225.95 minRCS: 0.003 m²
Inc: 4.0°
214 km → 11607 km
ARIANE 5 R/B
2017-007CNORAD 41946RBFrance (FR)
Technical details
Orbit type: ORBOrbit center: EALaunch site: FRGUIPeriod: 598.97 minRCS: 16.539 m²
Inc: 4.2°
279 km → 34040 km

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Provider legacy

Arianespace

253

Lifetime launches

2 in 2026

Arianespace has 253 launches on record, with 2 in 2026.

Rocket track record

Ariane 5 ECA

Successful missions

0 in 2026

Ariane 5 ECA has 71 successful missions on record, with 0 in 2026.

Pad history

Ariane Launch Area 3

Pad launches

2 in 2026

Ariane Launch Area 3 has 92 launches from this pad on record, with 2 in 2026.

Rocket reliability

97% all time

2026: no completed missions yet

Pad turnaround

17d 20h

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