Ariane 6 | COMSATBw 1B (SATCOMBw Stufe 3-1)

Government/Top Secret

Time to liftoff

Date unconfirmed

Target Window

Unconfirmed

Exact time to be confirmed

Net Precision

Decade

DEC

— Mission

COMSATBw 1B (SATCOMBw Stufe 3-1)

Geostationary Transfer Orbit· GTO

First of two satellites of Germany's next generation of secure military satellite system. For the Bundeswehr, Airbus is the prime contractor for the design, integration, test and in orbit delivery of two new military GEO telecommunications satellites which are the successor communications satellites to COMSATBw 1 and 2.

— Rocket

Ariane

Ariane 6

Ariane 6 (unknown variant)

Length: 63 m
Diameter: 5.4 m
LEO Capacity: 21,650 kg
GTO Capacity: 11,500 kg

Launches

Success

Failures

— Launch Pad

Ariane Launch Area 4

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

ELA-4, is a launch pad and associated facilities at the Centre Spatial Guyanais in French Guiana. The complex is composed of a launch pad with mobile gantry, an horizontal assembly building and a dedicated launch operations building. ELA-4 is operated by Arianespace as part of the Ariane 6 program.

— Launch Provider

Commercial

Arianespace

Est. 1980 · CEO: David Cavaillolès

Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.

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312

Success

Pending