Sky Muster II (NBN-Co 1B) & GSAT-18

Dual-payload Ariane 5 flight deployed Sky Muster II, an SSL-built broadband satellite for Australian operator nbn, and India's GSAT-18 communications satellite, matching Ariane 5's record of 74 consecutive successful launches.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

GTO

Geostationary transfer orbit

Payload to orbit

10.2 T

Flight

58th

of 73 Ariane 5 ECA flights

Date and time

5 October 2016, 20:30 UTC

Rocket

Ariane 5 ECA

Builder

ArianeGroup

Launch site

Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Payload

Communications

International designator

2016-060

Launches in 2016

61st of 85

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