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Ariane 5 ECA V189 lift off - 07/2009
- Reference
- e-leu12-01425
- Date
- 2009-12-22
Lift-off of flight V189 took place 1 July 2009 at 19:52 CEST/Paris (17:52 UTC/GMT; 14:52 UTC-3/French Guiana) The target orbit had a perigee altitude of 250 km, an apogee altitude at injection of 35 786 km and an inclination of six degrees. TerreStar 1 was accurately injected into its transfer orbit about 26 minutes after lift-off.
Here, a shockwave forms as Ariane 5 roars through the sound barrier.
TerreStar 1 will be the largest and most powerful commercial telecommunications satellite ever launched and will provide voice, data and video communications to satellite/terrestrial mobile devices across the USA and Canada.