Ariane 5 ECA launched Arabsat-5A, a Saudi Arabian communications satellite, together with South Korea's COMS-1 (Chollian) ocean, weather and communications satellite, after two earlier launch attempts were scrubbed for technical issues.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 7.7 T
- Flight
- 25th
- of 73 Ariane 5 ECA flights
- Date and time
- 26 June 2010, 21:41 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Dedicated Rideshare
- International designator
- 2010-032
- Launches in 2010
- 34th of 74
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