overview

Launch date

December 19, 2000

Payload(s)

Astra 2D, GE-8, Aurora III, LDREX

Customer(s)

SES, GE Américan Communications, Inc., NASDA

Orbit

Geostationary transfer orbit (GTO)

Status

Success

Launch site

Spaceport, French Guiana (Guiana Space Center)

Launch vehicle

Ariane 5

Prime contractor(s)