Ariane 5 ECA flight VA216 orbited two telecom satellites from Kourou: Astra 5B for SES and Amazonas 4A for Hispasat, extending broadcast and broadband capacity over Europe and Latin America.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 9.1 T
- Flight
- 44th
- of 73 Ariane 5 ECA flights
- Date and time
- 22 March 2014, 22:04 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2014-011
- Launches in 2014
- 11th of 92
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