Ariane 42L | Satmex 5
Ariane Launch Area 2
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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Satmex 5
SATMEX 5 is a Hughes HS-601HP or "high power" version of the body-stabilized spacecraft. It features more than 7,000 Watts of payload power, at least 10 times the capacity of Morelos II. Through such innovations as dual-junction gallium arsenide solar cells, radiation-cooled traveling-wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs), advanced battery technology, and a xenon ion propulsion system, XIPS, the HS-601HP can carry payloads twice as powerful as those on the HS 601 models, with an expected 15-year mission lifetime.
Ariane 42L
Height 55.60 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 3590 kg
Liftoff Thrust 4600 kN
Diameter 3.80 Meters
Mass To LEO 7000 kg
Liftoff Mass 367 Tonnes
Launch Success 13
Consecutive Success 13
Maiden Flight 1993-03-12
Launch Failures 0
