Ariane 5 flight VA198 carried the Intelsat 17 communications satellite and Avanti Communications' HYLAS 1 broadband satellite -- the UK's first dedicated broadband satellite -- into geostationary transfer orbit from Kourou.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 8.6 T
- Flight
- 28th
- of 73 Ariane 5 ECA flights
- Date and time
- 26 November 2010, 18:39 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2010-065
- Launches in 2010
- 67th of 74
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