On 29 August 2013, an Ariane 5 launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two communications satellites, Eutelsat 25B/Es’hail 1 and GSAT-7, into their planned geostationary transfer orbits.
Liftoff of flight VA215 occurred at 20:30 GMT (22:30 CET; 17:30 French Guiana) and was Ariane 5’s 57th successful launch in a row since December 2002.