Friday evening (4-18) a Ariane 5 ECA rocket (v.182) is set to launch Star One C2 for Star One Brazil, and Vinasat-1 for Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Corporation., from ELA-3, Kourou, French Guiana, South America.
Launch is set for 6:16 p.m. EDT. with a window extending to 7:23 p.m. EDT. Spacecraft separation for Star One C2 is expected 26 minutes after lift off and 31 minutes after liftoff for Vinasat-1. Star One C2, built by Thales Alenia Space is a Spacebus 3000 B3 platform, has 28 C-band, 16 Ku-band and one X-band transponder, and will provide communications, multimedia and broadband Internet services for South America. Star One C2 will be positioned at 70 degrees West. Vinasat-1, built by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems (LMCSS) in Newton, Pennsylvania, using an A2100A platform, with12 Ku-band and 8 C-band transponders, providing radio, television and telephone transmission services throughout Vietnam. Vinasat-1 will be positioned at 132 degrees East. Broadcast coverage: Galaxy 26 (Telstar 6) at 93.0°W transponder 8C (3860 H) SR: 61113 DVB Broadcast starts around 5:45 p.m. EDT. (Test signals start at 2:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. EDT) If you dont have a dish, there will be a live webcast of the launch available at: http://www.videocorner.tv/index.php?langue=en Additional coverage at: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ariane/v182/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 ==================================================================== Program Director of SSRN - Operator of RadioFree Dishnuts - Producer of The Dishnut News heard Saturdays at 10pm ET. on: RFD, The SkyScanner Satellite Radio Network on Galaxy-25 (Telstar 5) @97° W - Transponder 23 (12115 Vert) SR: 22425 APID: 1794 - WTND-LP 106.3, and many micro LPFM stations. http://dishnuts.net **In Loving Memory of Mom (Dishnut Gerry)**
