For its eighth mission of 2016, and the year’s fifth Ariane 5 launch from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana, Arianespace will orbit two satellites: Sky Muster™ II for the Australian operator nbn (National Broadband Network), and GSAT-18 for the Indian space agency ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization).
Sky Muster™ II and GSAT-18 are the 542nd and 543rd satellites to be launched by Arianespace.
This Ariane 5 flight will be the 280th mission by the Arianespace launcher family.