Star One D2 & Eutelsat Quantum Mission

Mission patch Ariane 5 Star One D2 & Eutelsat Quantum

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

30 Jul 2021, 9:00pm

UTC

Location

Guiana Space Centre

Pad

Ariane Launch Area 3

Launch Service Provider

Arianespace

Vehicle

Ariane 5 ECA+

Mission

Star One D2 & Eutelsat Quantum

Mission Type

Communications

Destination

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Star One D2 is a 6.2 tons satellite built by Space Systems Loral for operator Star One, subsidiary of Brazilian Embratel. Its architecture is based on a SSL-1300 platform and equipped with C, X, Ku and Ka-band transceivers. It will provide communications services to Latin America for at least 15 years. Eutelsat Quantum is an experimental communications satellite carrying a payload able to be reconfigured by software. It is developed by ESA, Eutelsat and Airbus Defence and Space.

Available Replays

Live

VA254 Lift-Off sequence