Ariane 5 ECA launched from Kourou with a dual payload: Eutelsat 21B, a Thales Alenia-built Spacebus-4000C3 satellite for Eutelsat at 21.5 degrees East, and Star One C3, an Orbital Sciences Star-2 satellite providing C/Ku-band TV and telecom coverage for Brazil and South America.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 8.7 T
- Flight
- 38th
- of 73 Ariane 5 ECA flights
- Date and time
- 10 November 2012, 21:05 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2012-062
- Launches in 2012
- 65th of 78
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