Successful deployment and AOS confirmed for both passengers. This concludes the career of Ariane 5.
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Syracuse 4B & Heinrich Hertz (H2Sat)
Ariane 5 ECA+
Historical mission record
This page records Ariane 5 ECA+ | Syracuse 4B & Heinrich Hertz (H2Sat) and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITEGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Mission
Syracuse 4B is a French military communications satellite built by Thales Alenia Space. Heinrich Hertz (H2Sat) is a small geostationary communications satellite built by OHB System and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) to explore and test new broadband communications technologies.
- Launch vehicle
- Ariane 5 ECA+
- Mission type
- Communications
- Destination orbit
- Geostationary Transfer Orbit
- Launch pad
- Ariane Launch Area 3
- Provider
- Arianespace
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Ariane 5 ECA+
Ariane 5 ECA+ is a variant of the Ariane 5 heavy-lift vehicle, with a taller ECA-D upper stage.
- Height
- 57.7 m
- Diameter
- 5.4 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 11
- First flight
- 2019-08-07
Recorded timing
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1h 5m windowPublished target
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Launch site & orbit
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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