An Ariane 5 ECA launched two satellites from Kourou: Astra 3B, an SES direct-to-home television and radio satellite for Europe and the Middle East, and COMSATBw-1, a German military communications satellite.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 8.4 T
- Flight
- 24th
- of 73 Ariane 5 ECA flights
- Date and time
- 21 May 2010, 22:01 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2010-021
- Launches in 2010
- 22nd of 74
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