Dual-payload flight deployed India's INSAT 3A telecom/meteorological satellite and PanAmSat's Galaxy XII into geostationary transfer orbit, the 11th commercial Ariane 5 mission and start of an 82-launch success streak.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 5.2 T
- Flight
- 14th
- of 16 Ariane 5 G flights
- Date and time
- 9 April 2003, 22:52 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 G
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Dedicated Rideshare
- International designator
- 2003-013
- Launches in 2003
- 13th of 63
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