17 November 2016, 13:06 UTC
Galileo L8 (FOC FM07 & FM12-FM14)
Ariane 5 ES flight VA233 deployed four Galileo navigation satellites (Antonianna, Lisa, Kimberley, Tijmen) into medium Earth orbit in one go, the first time Europe launched a quadruple Galileo batch on Ariane 5, extending the vehicle's streak to 75 consecutive successes.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- MEO
- Medium Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3 T
- Flight
- 6th
- of 8 Ariane 5 ES flights
- Date and time
- 17 November 2016, 13:06 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ES
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2016-069
- Launches in 2016
- 70th of 85
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