Ariane Flight VA225
with EUTELSAT 8 West B and Intelsat 34
overview
- Launch vehicle
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Launch date
- August 20, 2015
- Status
- Success
- Payload(s)
- EUTELSAT 8 West B, Intelsat 34
- Customer(s)
- Eutelsat, Intelsat
- Prime contractor(s)
- Thales Alenia Space, SSL
- Mission length
- 01:08:16
- Orbit
- Geostationary transfer orbit (GTO)
- Launch site
- Spaceport, French Guiana (Guiana Space Center)
mission update
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An “on the numbers” Ariane 5 success for two long-time Arianespace customers: Eutelsat and Intelsat
Arianespace continued its track record of success with the company’s fourth Ariane 5 flight in 2015 and seventh launch overall this year – performing a heavy-lift mission today for Eutelsat and Intelsat, two key customers for the past 30 years.
