Ariane 5 ECA flight VA218 launched two communications satellites: Measat 3b for Malaysia's MEASAT and Optus 10 for Australia's Optus, both bound for geostationary orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 10.3 T
- Flight
- 45th
- of 73 Ariane 5 ECA flights
- Date and time
- 11 September 2014, 22:05 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2014-054
- Launches in 2014
- 55th of 92
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