Ariane Flight VA223
with DirecTV-15 and SKY México-1
overview
- Launch vehicle
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Launch date
- May 27, 2015
- Status
- Success
- Payload(s)
- DirecTV-15, SKYM-1
- Customer(s)
- DIRECTV, SKY México
- Prime contractor(s)
- Airbus Defence and Space, Orbital ATK
- Mission length
- 01:44:30
- Orbit
- Geostationary transfer orbit (GTO)
- Launch site
- Spaceport, French Guiana (Guiana Space Center)
mission update
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Arianespace delivers for the Americas! DirecTV-15 and SKY México-1 are orbited by Ariane 5
Two direct-to-home television broadcast satellites that will provide expanded relay capacity over the Americas have been orbited on Arianespace’s latest success with its Ariane 5 launcher, performed today from the Spaceport in French Guiana.
