Ariane 5 G (Flight V153) launched a dual-payload GTO mission carrying Eutelsat's Stellat 5 communications satellite, built by Alcatel Space on the Spacebus 3000B3 platform, and NTT DoCoMo's N-Star c S-band mobile communications satellite for Japan.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.1 T
- Flight
- 12th
- of 16 Ariane 5 G flights
- Date and time
- 5 July 2002, 23:22 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 G
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2002-035
- Launches in 2002
- 35th of 65
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