Carried the Satmex 6 telecom satellite for Mexico's Satelites Mexicanos and Thaicom 5 for Thailand's Shin Satellite into geostationary transfer orbit. The combined 8,300 kg payload set a new record for the heaviest dual-satellite load launched to GTO.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 8.7 T
- Flight
- 5th
- of 73 Ariane 5 ECA flights
- Date and time
- 27 May 2006, 21:09 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2006-020
- Launches in 2006
- 21st of 66
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