Ariane 5 ECA flight VA211 delivered two satellites to geostationary transfer orbit: Skynet 5D, a UK Ministry of Defence military communications satellite, and Mexsat Bicentenario, a Mexican government telecom satellite on Orbital Sciences' GEOStar-3 platform.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 8.2 T
- Flight
- 39th
- of 73 Ariane 5 ECA flights
- Date and time
- 19 December 2012, 21:49 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2012-075
- Launches in 2012
- 78th of 78
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