Ariane Flight VA216
with ASTRA 5B and Amazonas 4A
overview
- Launch vehicle
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Launch date
- March 22, 2014
- Status
- Success
- Payload(s)
- ASTRA 5B, Amazonas 4A
- Customer(s)
- SES, Hispasat
- Prime contractor(s)
- Airbus Defence and Space, Orbital Sciences Corporation
mission update
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Continuity for established customers: Arianespace’s Ariane 5 orbits satellites at the service of SES and HISPASAT
The workhorse Ariane 5 orbited a pair of payloads – ASTRA 5B for SES and HISPASAT’S Amazonas 4A – this evening, continuing the relationships with two customers that have come to rely on Arianespace’s launch services.
