Superbird-8
Success
APR 05201821:34:00 UTCAriane 5 returned to flight after VA241 in January 2018, which left both of its satellites in off-nominal orbits. This flight carried a Superbird satellite for Japan's SKY Perfect JSAT, with an X-band payload for the Japanese defence forces, and HYLAS 4 for the British operator Avanti Communications.
LIFTOFF
APR 05 201821:34:00 UTC
Success
launched from ELA-3 Kourou
aboard Ariane 5 ECA VA242 into GSO
Broadcast
Watch how the launch went
Payloads · 2
- 01
Superbird-8 / DSN-1
Communications
- 02
HYLAS-4
Communications

