Ariane 5 GS orbited a dual payload of Syracuse 3A, a French Ministry of Defence military communications satellite, and Galaxy 15, a PanAmSat telecom satellite for North American coverage, from Kourou into geostationary transfer orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.2 T
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 6 Ariane 5 GS flights
- Date and time
- 13 October 2005, 22:32 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 GS
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2005-041
- Launches in 2005
- 45th of 56
See it in orbit
Space Atlas shows the satellites and rocket stages from this launch in 3D.
Object pages on Space Atlas: Galaxy 15
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