Ariane 5 ECA flight VA221 lofted two communications satellites to geostationary transfer orbit: DirecTV-14 for direct-to-home Ultra HD TV over the US and Puerto Rico, and ISRO's GSAT-16 to expand India's communication services.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 9.9 T
- Flight
- 47th
- of 73 Ariane 5 ECA flights
- Date and time
- 6 December 2014, 20:40 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2014-078
- Launches in 2014
- 80th of 92
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