Ariane 5 flight 142 (L509) launched Eutelsat's Eurobird 1 and Japan's BSAT-2a broadcasting satellites together into geostationary transfer orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4.8 T
- Flight
- 9th
- of 16 Ariane 5 G flights
- Date and time
- 8 March 2001, 22:51 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 G
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2001-011
- Launches in 2001
- 11th of 59
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