🚀 Ariane 5 | 🛰 Eutelsat 65 West A

Launch date: March 9, 2016 05:22 UTC

Payload: Eutelsat 65 West A

Location: ELA-3, Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, French Guiana

Vehicle: Ariane 5

Arianespace will use an Ariane 5 ECA rocket, designated VA229, to launch the Eutelsat 65 West A communications satellite.

Eutelsat 65 West A will provide direct-to-home video broadcasts and broadband Internet services to Eutelsat customers in Latin America and Brazil.