Tonight (8-11) Arianespace is set to launch, a Ariane 5 ECA rocket (v.172) with JCSAT 10 for JSAT Corporation & Syracuse 3B for French DGA military procurement agency, from ELA-3, Kourou, French Guiana, South America.
Launch is set for 6:15 p.m. EDT. with a window extending to 7:52 p.m. EDT. Spacecraft separation for JCSAT 10 is expected 27 minutes after lift off and 32 minutes after liftoff for Syracuse 3B. JCSAT-10, built by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems, is a A2100 AX model with 30 Ku-band and 12 C-band transponders, and will supply fixed satellite services (FSS) for Japan, the Asia-Pacific region and Hawaii. JCSAT-10 Will be located at 128 degrees East. JCSAT-10 will be launched as a successor spacecraft to JCSAT-3. Syracuse 3B, built by Alcatel Alenia Space is a Spacebus 4000 B3 with 15 channels: 9 SHF and 6 EHF. Syracuse 3B Will be located at 5 degrees West. Syracuse 3B is the second satellite in France’s third generation Syracuse III system, dedicated to secure military communications. Broadcast Coverage: *** Arianespace is not providing the launch broadcast via satellite to America, only via their webcast :-( Launch Webcast: http://www.videocorner.tv/index.php?langue=en Broadcast starts around 5:55 p.m. EDT. Additional coverage at: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ariane/v172/status.html http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/launches/next_launch.html http://www.arianespace.com/site/news/news_sub_missionupdate_index.html http://www.arianespace.com/site/news/news_sub_launchkit_index.html -- Dishnut-P ==================================================================== Operator of RadioFree Dishnuts - Producer of The Dishnut News heard Saturdays at 10pm EST. on RFD, W0KIE Satellite Radio Network IA-6 (T6) Transponder 1 / 6.2 & 6.8Mhz (4DTV T6-999) WTND-LP 106.3, and many micro LPFM stations. http://dishnuts.net RFD Listen Links: http://dishnuts.net/#Listen Show Archives: (Partly Up) http://dishnuts.net/archive/ Reply with a "Thank you" if you liked this post. _____________________________ MEDIANEWS mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
