The Antonov An-124 cargo jetliner bringing Hylas-1 from Bangalore, India, touched down at Rochambeau airport near the capital Cayenne late in the evening of Monday 11 October. The satellite was then off-loaded and moved by road to the Guiana Space Centre where it was placed in the S1B satellite preparation facility.
The satellite was therefore integrated and tested at ISRO’s facility in Bangalore, before being flown more than halfway round the world to French Guiana.