Dual-manifest Ariane 5 ECA flight delivering Skynet 5A, a secure telecommunications satellite for the UK armed forces, and Insat 4B, providing television and telecom services across the Indian subcontinent.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 8.1 T
- Flight
- 9th
- of 73 Ariane 5 ECA flights
- Date and time
- 11 March 2007, 22:03 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2007-007
- Launches in 2007
- 8th of 68
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