Ariane flight VA240

Ariane flight VA240 was an Ariane 5 space launch that occurred from the Guiana Space Centre on 12 December 2017 at 18:36:07UTC. It was the and last Arianespace launch in 2017.
Payload
The launcher was carrying 4 Galileo satellites, with a total payload mass of approximately . The satellites were accommodated inside the medium version of the upper stage fairing.
Galileo SAT 19-20-21-22
The 4 Galileo satellites, numbered SAT 19-20-21-22, built by OHB System in Bremen, Germany for the European Commission's Galileo programme under the supervision of the ESA, had a mass at liftoff of about each, that is a total of approximately .
Orbit
The mission was planned to last 4 hours, 40 minutes and 52 seconds, placing the two pairs of satellites into their medium Earth orbit, at an altitude of about and an inclination of about 57 degrees.<ref name="launchKit"/>

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