Carried Intelsat 29e to geostationary transfer orbit from Kourou, the first satellite in Intelsat's high-throughput EpicNG series, positioned at 50 degrees West to serve mobile network, aero and maritime broadband customers over the Americas and Atlantic.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.6 T
- Flight
- 54th
- of 73 Ariane 5 ECA flights
- Date and time
- 27 January 2016, 23:20 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2016-004
- Launches in 2016
- 4th of 85
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