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Ariane 5 G: Artemis & BSAT-2b

Artemis is a geostationary earth orbit satellite for a ESA data relay satellite, it operates at the 21.5 degrees East. BSAT-2b is a geostationary, commercial communications satellite used for direct television broadcasting across Japan.

Failure:Upper stage under-performance left payloads in MEO. Artemis was able to climb to GEO over time with operational propellant, BSAT-2b couldn't compensate and was abandoned.
Thursday, 12 July 2001
Ariane 5 G: Artemis & BSAT-2b

Mission Data

Arianespace
🇪🇺ArianespaceEst. 1980
Launch VehicleAriane 5 G
Vehicle FamilyAriane
Vehicle Record13 of 16 launches (81.3%)
Provider TypeCommercial
Agency Record313 successes / 15 failures (95%)
Success Streak16 consecutive
Mission TypeCommunications
Target OrbitGeostationary Transfer Orbit
Launch PadAriane Launch Area 3
LocationGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana GUF
Orbital Launches This Year#29
Agency Launches This Year#5
Launches From This Pad118
Launches From This Site336
Status Note

Either the launch vehicle reached orbit but did not deliver its payload in the targeted orbit, or an exceptional event made it impossible to consider the mission a success.

About Ariane 5 G

The original version is dubbed Ariane 5 G (Generic) and had a launch mass of 737 tonnes. Its payload capability to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) was 6,900 kg (15,200 lb) for a single satellite or 6,100 kg (13,400 lb) for dual launches. It flew 17 times with one failure and two partial failures.

Launch Site

Ariane Launch Area 3 · 5.2390°N 52.7680°W

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.