Dual-payload Ariane 5 GS launch carrying RASCOM-QAF1, the first satellite dedicated to pan-African telecommunications for RASCOMSTAR-QAF, and Horizons-2, a communications satellite for the Intelsat/SKY Perfect JSAT joint venture Horizons Satellite.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 5.9 T
- Flight
- 5th
- of 6 Ariane 5 GS flights
- Date and time
- 21 December 2007, 21:41 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 GS
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2007-063
- Launches in 2007
- 66th of 68
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