Ndege yapadera idatera ku Kennedy Space Center ku Cape Canaveral ku Florida sabata ino: Airbus BelugaST (A300-600ST). Inapereka satellite yopangidwa ndi Airbus HOTBIRD 13G ya Eutelsat.
Izi zidachitika patadutsa maola angapo mapasa ake, HOTBIRD 13F, atayambitsidwa bwino ndi roketi ya SpaceX Falcon 9.
Chombocho ndi mamembala oyambirira a banja latsopano la "Eurostar Neo" la Airbus telecommunications satellites, pogwiritsa ntchito nsanja ya m'badwo wotsatira ndi matekinoloje opangidwa mothandizidwa ndi European Space Agency (ESA), ndi ena, kuphatikizapo Center National d'. Etudes Spatiales (CNES) ndi UK Space Agency (UKSA).
Chochititsa chidwi ichi ndi nthawi yoyamba kuyambira 2009 kuti Beluga adayendera USA - pamene adanyamula gawo la International Space Station European "Tranquility". Pa ntchito yaposachedwa iyi, a Beluga adagwiritsa ntchito 30 % Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) pakunyamuka kwawo kuchokera ku Toulouse - kuwonetsa zikhumbo za Airbus's decarbonisation.
"Ndi mwayi wowona kuwonetsa motsatizana ma satelayiti awiri kwa makasitomala athu Eutelsat: zida ziwiri zaukadaulo waku Europe ku Kennedy Space Center," atero a Jean-Marc Nasr, Mtsogoleri wa Space Systems ku Airbus. "Kuthekera kwa Airbus kupeza yankho lodziyimira pawokha ku Europe kumatsimikiziridwa ndi mayendedwe a satellite athu mu ndege yapadera ya Beluga - chitsanzo chenicheni cha ma synergies a pan-Airbus!"
Akafika pamalo awo ozungulira, ma satelayiti awiriwa, omwe ali ndi mphamvu zogwira mtima komanso zowongolera kutentha kuposa omwe adawatsogolera, azitha kuwulutsa mawayilesi opitilira 1,000 ku Europe, Northern Africa ndi Middle East. Adzakulitsanso luso la Eutelsat lopereka kulumikizana kwa anthu opitilira 135 miliyoni, pomwe adzalowa m'malo mwa ma satelayiti atatu a Eutelsat omwe akuyenda pano. Kubwera kwa BelugaXL yatsopano, kutengera nsanja yayikulu ya A330-200, zombo zomwe zilipo kale za BelugaST zikuperekedwa kwapang'onopang'ono kuti zigwiritsidwe ntchito zapadziko lonse lapansi. Chiyambireni ntchito yatsopano ya Airbus Beluga Transport mu Januwale, BelugaST yachita mishoni kwa makasitomala osiyanasiyana padziko lonse lapansi.
