Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)

Syracuse 4B & Heinrich HertzH2Sat

Success Arianespace, Ariane 5 ECA+

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Mission

Communications · GTO

Syracuse 4B is a French military communications satellite built by Thales Alenia Space. Heinrich Hertz (H2Sat) is a small geostationary communications satellite built by OHB System and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) to explore and test new broadband communications technologies.

What it put in orbit

ObjectTypeOrbitGlobe
H2SAT (HEINRICH HERTZ) 2023-093A Payload 35785 × 35789 km · 0.1° Globe
SYRACUSE 4B 2023-093B Payload 35786 × 35787 km · 0.0° Globe
ARIANE 5 DEB [SYLDA] 2023-093C Debris 302 × 27918 km · 2.8° Globe
ARIANE 5 R/B 2023-093D Rocket body 258 × 34417 km · 3.0° Globe

COSPAR ID 2023-093 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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