Ariane Flight VA221

with DIRECTV-14 and GSAT-16

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Press release: Arianespace VA221 launches satellites for the United States and India

Launch vehicle: Ariane 5 ECA

Launch date: December 6, 2014

Status: Success

Payload(s): DIRECTV-14, GSAT-16

Customer(s): DIRECTV, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Prime contractor(s): SPACE SYSTEMS/LORAL, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Mission length: 00:51:19

Orbit: Geostationary transfer orbit (GTO)

Launch site: Spaceport, French Guiana (Guiana Space Center)

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Ariane 5 December 6, 2014

Ariane 5 December 6, 2014

mission update

Ariane 5 December 6, 2014

Ariane 5 delivers DIRECTV-14 and GSAT-16 to orbit on Arianespace’s latest mission success Telecommunications satellites for two long-standing Arianespace customers were launched today on the company’s sixth Ariane 5 flight in 2014, extending the heavy-lift workhorse’s string of consecutive successes to 63.

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Ariane 5 December 3, 2014

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Ariane 5 December 2, 2014

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