Ariane 44L flight V139 carried Arianespace's first double military payload: Italy's Sicral-1 and the UK Ministry of Defence's Skynet 4F communications relay satellites.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GSO
- Geosynchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 5.1 T
- Flight
- 31st
- of 40 Ariane 44L flights
- Date and time
- 7 February 2001, 23:05 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 44L
- Builder
- Aérospatiale
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2001-005
- Launches in 2001
- 5th of 59
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