Ariane 5 G launched a dual-payload GTO mission for Arianespace carrying Eutelsat's Atlantic Bird 1 communications satellite alongside Europe's first second-generation weather satellite, Meteosat-8 (MSG-1), plus the small MFD technology payload.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 5.2 T (est.)
- Flight
- 13th
- of 16 Ariane 5 G flights
- Date and time
- 28 August 2002, 22:45 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 G
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Dedicated Rideshare
- International designator
- 2002-040
- Launches in 2002
- 40th of 65
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