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ArianespaceLaunch SuccessfulDedicated RideshareAriane 5 G
Launched 2000-12-20 00:26 UTCAriane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Success
Reached Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Worldwide
83rd
orbital launch attempt in 2000
Arianespace
12th
launch this year
Ariane Launch Area 3
4th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
33 d 23 h
since the pad's previous launch
Astra 2D is one of the Astra communications satellite owned and operated by SES. Providing digital television and radio broadcast service to the UK and Republic of Island. GE-8 is also a commercial communications satellite operated by GE American, covering the USA, Canada and Caribbean. LDREX was an engineering test to validate the antenna on the ETS-8.
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
57m
Diameter
5.4m
To low Earth orbit
12,200kg
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