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ArianespaceLaunch SuccessfulDedicated RideshareAriane 5 ECA
Launched 2013-07-25 19:54:07 UTCAriane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Success
Reached Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Worldwide
40th
orbital launch attempt in 2013
Arianespace
5th
launch this year
Ariane Launch Area 3
3rd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
49 d 22 h
since the pad's previous launch
Alphasat I-XL (Inmarsat-XL) augments broadband service and supports a new generation of mobile technologies to enable communications across Europe, Asia, Africa and the MiddleEast. INSAT-3D is a meteorological, data relay and satellite aided search and rescue satellite developed by ISRO, it operates at 82 degrees East.
Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.
Launches
328
Successful
313
95%
Upcoming
51
scheduled
Height
57.7m
Diameter
5.4m
Liftoff thrust
11,400kN
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