Nilesat-201
Success
AUG 04201020:59:00 UTCAriane 5 ECA flight VA196 carried Egypt's Nilesat 201 and RASCOM-QAF 1R, an African telecommunications satellite ordered to replace a nearly identical one crippled by a helium leak after its 2007 launch. Both satellites were released into geostationary transfer orbit, Nilesat 201 first.
LIFTOFF
AUG 04 201020:59:00 UTC
Success
launched from ELA-3 Kourou
aboard Ariane 5 ECA into GSO
Broadcast
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Payloads · 2
- 01
Nilesat-201
Communications
- 02
RASCOM-QAF 1R
Communications