Ariane 5 flight V195 lifts off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, carrying the Arabsat-5A telecommunications satellite and the multi-mission COMS satellite, into geostationary transfer orbits.
Liftoff of V195, the 51st Ariane 5 flight, came at 23:41 CEST (21:41 GMT; 18:41 French Guiana). The target orbit had a perigee of 250 km and an apogee of 35 786 km, inclined at 2ยบ to the equator. The satellites were accurately injected into their transfer orbits about 26 minutes and 32 minutes after liftoff, respectively.