5 February 2019, 21:01 UTC
Saudi Geostationary Satellite 1/Hellas Sat 4 & GSAT-31
Ariane 5 flight VA247 launched two geostationary telecom satellites: GSAT-31, an ISRO Ku-band communications satellite for India positioned at 48°E, and Hellas Sat 4/SaudiGeoSat-1, a condosat for Greece's Hellas Sat and Saudi Arabia's KACST. It was Arianespace's first Ariane 5 mission of 2019.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 9.5 T
- Flight
- 70th
- of 73 Ariane 5 ECA flights
- Date and time
- 5 February 2019, 21:01 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2019-007
- Launches in 2019
- 9th of 102
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