Ariane flight VA245

Ariane flight VA245
The BepiColombo payload stack, depicted flying towards the planet Mercury, with the Sun and contrails of Mercury's magnetosphere visible
Official poster for the flight
Ariane 5 ECA launch
Launch20 October 2018 (2018-10-20), 01:45:28 UTC
OperatorArianespace
PadKourou ELA-3
Payload
OutcomeSuccess
Components
Serial no.5105
Ariane launches
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Ariane Flight VA245[1][2] is the Ariane 5 space launch of BepiColombo that took place on 20 October 2018 at 01:45:28 UTC from the Guiana Space Centre. It was the 101st launch of Ariane 5 (the 5th in 2018), and the 301st Arianespace mission (the 7th in 2018).

  1. ^ "VA245 Launch Kit" (PDF). Arianespace. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Ariane Flight VA245". Arianespace. Archived from the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.