overview
- Launch date
- May 9, 2011
- Payload(s)
- ST-2, GSAT-8
- Customer(s)
- ST-2 Satellite Ventures Pte Ltd, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
- Orbit
- Geostationary transfer orbit (GTO)
- Status
- Success
mission update
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Satellites for Asia and India are orbited on Arianespace’s third Ariane 5 mission of 2011
The 44th consecutive successful Ariane 5 flight has further underscored the flexibility and performance of this workhorse launch system – orbiting a pair of telecommunications spacecraft today to serve one of the world’s most dynamically-developing regions, and maintaining Arianespace’s mission pace in 2011.
