Saudi Geostationary Satellite 1/Hellas Sat 4 & GSAT-31Ariane 5 ECA Arianespace Launch Status Success Tue · Feb 5th, 2019 4:01 PM - 5:02 PM EST Watch Online http://www.arianespace.com/mission/ariane-flight-va247/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gotxGt_luQ8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEaZhGIhfzg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcYBP1sl7Zo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_Q31Jb2_dM Mission Saudi Geostationary Satellite 1/Hellas Sat 4 & GSAT-31 Type: Communications Hellas Sat 4/SaudiGeoSat 1 is a geostationary communications satellite to be used jointly by Hellas Sat and KACST. It will provide advanced telecommunications capabilities, including television, internet, telephone and secure military communications to customers in the Middle East, Africa and Europe. Another passenger of the launch is an Indian communications satellite GSAT-31. Location Ariane Launch Area 3 Kourou, French Guiana 151 launches have been at this location. Rocket Ariane 5 ECA Length: 57.7 meters Diameter: 5.4 meters First Launched: December 11, 2002 Ariane 5 is a heavy-lift launch vehicle, part of the Ariane rocket family. The Ariane 5 ECA rocket has been launched a total of 73 times with 71 successful and 2 failed launches. Agency Arianespace Type: Commercial Abbreviation: ASA Administration: CEO: Stéphane Israël Founded: 1980 Launchers: Ariane 5 | Vega Spacecraft: Country: FRA Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America. View Rocket Launch Schedule