Ariane 5 ECA flight VA217 orbited two telecom satellites: ABS-2 for operator ABS, built by Space Systems/Loral, and the French-Italian military/civil broadband satellite Athena-Fidus for CNES and ASI. It was Arianespace's 58th consecutive successful Ariane 5 launch.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 9.9 T
- Flight
- 43rd
- of 73 Ariane 5 ECA flights
- Date and time
- 6 February 2014, 21:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2014-006
- Launches in 2014
- 6th of 92
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