12 February 2005, 21:03 UTC
XTAR-EUR, Maqsat-B2, Sloshsat
Return-to-flight mission for the upgraded Ariane 5 ECA after its 2002 maiden-flight failure, carrying the XTAR-EUR X-band military communications satellite, ESA's small Sloshsat fluid-physics experiment, and a dummy MAQSAT-B2 payload to validate performance.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 7.7 T
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 73 Ariane 5 ECA flights
- Date and time
- 12 February 2005, 21:03 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Dedicated Rideshare
- International designator
- 2005-005
- Launches in 2005
- 5th of 56
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