29 August 2013, 20:30 UTC
Eutelsat 25B / Es'hail 1 & GSAT-7
Ariane 5 ECA flight VA215 launched a dual payload: India's GSAT-7 military communications satellite for the Indian Navy, and Eutelsat 25B/Es'hail 1, a joint Eutelsat-Es'hailSat broadcast satellite for the Middle East and North Africa.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 9.4 T
- Flight
- 42nd
- of 73 Ariane 5 ECA flights
- Date and time
- 29 August 2013, 20:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2013-044
- Launches in 2013
- 46th of 81
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