Ariane 5 ECA carried a dual payload of Skynet 5C, a British military communications satellite, and Turksat 3A, a Turkish broadcast and telecom satellite on the Spacebus 4000B2 platform, into geostationary transfer orbit after two prior launch delays.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 8.1 T
- Flight
- 14th
- of 73 Ariane 5 ECA flights
- Date and time
- 12 June 2008, 22:05 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2008-030
- Launches in 2008
- 30th of 69
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