Ariane 5 flight VA255 launched SES-17, a high-throughput broadband satellite for the Americas and Atlantic, alongside Syracuse 4A, a secure military communications satellite for the French armed forces, on the heaviest payload ever flown to GTO by Ariane 5.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 10.7 T
- Flight
- 5th
- of 11 Ariane 5 ECA+ flights
- Date and time
- 24 October 2021, 02:10 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ECA+
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2021-095
- Launches in 2021
- 104th of 146
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