Ariane 5 ECA flight VA203 carried two geostationary telecom satellites into orbit from Kourou: SES's Astra 1N for direct-to-home broadcasting over Europe, and the combined BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R payload for Japan's B-SAT and SKY Perfect JSAT.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 8.7 T
- Flight
- 32nd
- of 73 Ariane 5 ECA flights
- Date and time
- 6 August 2011, 22:52 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2011-041
- Launches in 2011
- 42nd of 84
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