Ariane 5 flight V142 suffered an upper-stage anomaly that stranded the Artemis and BSAT-2b satellites in a much lower transfer orbit than planned. ESA's Artemis used its ion engines to reach geostationary orbit by 2003, while BSAT-2b was declared a total loss.
- Outcome
- Partial
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4.8 T
- Flight
- 10th
- of 16 Ariane 5 G flights
- Date and time
- 12 July 2001, 21:58 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 G
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2001-029
- Launches in 2001
- 29th of 59
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