Ariane 5 ECA carried a dual payload for Eutelsat: Hot Bird 9, a 64-transponder Ku-band broadcast satellite for the 13 degrees East video hotspot, and W2M, a communications satellite for Afghanistan positioned at 16 degrees East.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GTO
- Geostationary transfer orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 8.8 T
- Flight
- 17th
- of 73 Ariane 5 ECA flights
- Date and time
- 20 December 2008, 22:35 UTC
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Builder
- ArianeGroup
- Launch site
- Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2008-065
- Launches in 2008
- 67th of 69
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