20 August 2015, 20:34 UTC
Eutelsat 8 West B & Intelsat 34
Dual-payload Ariane 5 flight VA225 delivered the Eutelsat-8 West B and Intelsat-34 communications satellites to geostationary transfer orbit from Kourou, French Guiana.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 9.5 T
- Flight
- 51st
- of 73 Ariane 5 ECA flights
- Date and time
- 20 August 2015, 20:34 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2015-039
- Launches in 2015
- 42nd of 87
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