Ariane 5 ECA launched Eutelsat Konnect, the first satellite built on Thales Alenia Space's all-electric Spacebus NEO platform for broadband service over Europe and Africa, alongside ISRO's GSAT-30 communications satellite, both delivered to geostationary transfer orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 7.4 T
- Flight
- 73rd
- of 73 Ariane 5 ECA flights
- Date and time
- 16 January 2020, 21:05 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2020-005
- Launches in 2020
- 5th of 114
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