Carried two telecom satellites to GTO: DSN-1/Superbird-8 for Japan's SKY Perfect JSAT and Hylas 4 for UK operator Avanti Communications, on Ariane 5's first flight since a January 2018 off-target insertion.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 9.5 T
- Flight
- 66th
- of 73 Ariane 5 ECA flights
- Date and time
- 5 April 2018, 21:34 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2018-033
- Launches in 2018
- 33rd of 114
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