A highly sophisticated multi-use communications satellite relying on 3D printed parts and ion propulsion lifted off from French Guiana on Thursday atop a Russian-built Soyuz ST-A rocket, carrying out only its second Geostationary Transfer Mission from the French-operated space port on the edge of the Amazon jungle.
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A Russian-built Soyuz Rocket lifted off from the Guiana Space Center at 11:54 UTC on May 18, 2017 – carrying out its second Geostationary Transfer Mission from Europe’s space port on the edge of the Amazon jungle.
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A Russian-built Soyuz Rocket lifted off from the Guiana Space Center at 11:54 UTC on May 18, 2017 – carrying out its second Geostationary Transfer Mission from Europe’s space port on the edge of the Amazon jungle.
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The SES-15 multi-purpose communications satellites is encapsulated in its protective payload fairing before being moved to the ELS launch complex at the Guiana Space Center to take its place atop its Soyuz ST-A rocket in preparation for a May 2017 liftoff.
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A Soyuz ST-A rocket, still missing its payload, is moved from the MIK assembly facility to the ELS Launch Pad at the Guiana Space Center to take its vertical launch position and receive its payload, the SES-15 communications satellite set for the second Geotransfer mission executed by the ‘Europeanized’ Soyuz rocket.
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The SES-15 communications satellite arrives in French Guiana after traveling from Boeing’s El Segundo, California facility to reach its equatorial launch site from where it will blast off in May 2017 atop a Soyuz ST-A rocket, marking only the second Geotransfer mission for the “Europeanized” Soyuz.
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