Ariane 5 ES lofted four Galileo FOC navigation satellites (Galileo 19-22) from Kourou into medium Earth orbit, closing out Arianespace's 2017 launch campaign.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- MEO
- Medium Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2.9 T
- Flight
- 7th
- of 8 Ariane 5 ES flights
- Date and time
- 12 December 2017, 18:36 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ES
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2017-079
- Launches in 2017
- 83rd of 90
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