Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
Thor 7
Thor 7 was built by SSL. It was successfully launched by Arianespace from Kourou spaceport on 26 April 2015. It will mainly serve maritime customers and have a total capacity of 9 Gbit/sec. It was launched in tandem with the Italian/French Sicral 2 defense satellite.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 4,590.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
SIRCAL-2
Syracuse is intended to ensure the French military can communicate between mainland France and military units deployed around the world. The satellite participates in command, reassignment, and logistic aspects of operations. The system is nominally under the command of the French Navy, equipping a total of 54 ships (2009) and it is complemented by the Telcomarsat commercial system of communications.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 4,364.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Location
ELA-3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France
Stats
2015
23rd orbital launch attempt
Arianespace
224th mission
3rd mission of 2015
216th successful mission
7th consecutive successful mission
Ariane 5
78th mission
1st mission of 2015
74th successful mission
64th consecutive successful mission