Syracuse 4B & Heinrich Hertz (H2Sat)

The 117th and final flight of Europe's Ariane 5, delivering Germany's experimental Heinrich Hertz (H2Sat) communications satellite and France's military Syracuse 4B to geostationary transfer orbit and closing out the rocket's 27-year career.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

GTO

Geostationary transfer orbit

Payload to orbit

7.4 T

Flight

11th

of 11 Ariane 5 ECA+ flights

Date and time

5 July 2023, 22:00 UTC

Rocket

Ariane 5 ECA+

Builder

ArianeGroup

Launch site

Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Payload

Communications

International designator

2023-093

Launches in 2023

100th of 223

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