Ariane 5 liftoff

On 28 June 2017, Ariane 5 flight VA238 lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana and delivered two telecom satellites, Hellas Sat 3–Inmarsat S European Aviation Network and GSAT-17, into their planned orbits.

A new four-panel fairing was also validated on this flight.

Read the article: Ariane 5 launch proves reliability and flies new fairing