LaunchesSkynet 5D & Mexsat-3
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Skynet 5D & Mexsat-3
Ariane 5 ECA · Communications
2012Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre
Mission
Skynet 5D is a military communications satellite operated by Astrium Services on behalf of the British Ministry of Defence. It operates in a geostationary orbit at 25 degrees East. Mexsat-3 is part of the MEXSAT telecommunications network and occupies 114.9 degrees West. It provides broadband, high quality telephony and much more for Mexico.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- Arianespace
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Orbit
- GTO
- Pad
- Ariane Launch Area 3
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2