Ariane 5 ECA (flight VA239) launched Intelsat 37e and BSAT-4a to GTO in a dual-payload mission from Kourou. Intelsat 37e provides broadband, wireless and government communications over the Americas, Atlantic and Europe; BSAT-4a serves Japanese broadcaster B-SAT. The flight extended Ariane 5's consecutive-success streak to 81.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 10.5 T
- Flight
- 64th
- of 73 Ariane 5 ECA flights
- Date and time
- 29 September 2017, 21:56 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2017-059
- Launches in 2017
- 62nd of 90
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