On the final flight of the Ariane 5G variant, the rocket carried three payloads to GTO: India's INSAT-3E communications satellite, Europe's Meteosat Second Generation-1 (MSG-1) weather satellite, and ESA's SMART-1, Europe's first lunar probe and a technology demonstrator for solar-electric ion propulsion.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 5.5 T
- Flight
- 16th
- of 16 Ariane 5 G flights
- Date and time
- 27 September 2003, 23:14 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 G
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2003-043
- Launches in 2003
- 44th of 63
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