Ariane 5 flight VA253 delivered Intelsat's Galaxy-30 and Japan's BSAT-4B broadcast satellites, plus Northrop Grumman's MEV-2 servicing spacecraft, into geostationary transfer orbit from Kourou, the first launch from French Guiana since COVID-19 halted operations in March.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 9.6 T
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 11 Ariane 5 ECA+ flights
- Date and time
- 15 August 2020, 22:04 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ECA+
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2020-056
- Launches in 2020
- 62nd of 114
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