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Ariane Flight VA240 was the 11th launch of the year, and sixth Ariane 5 liftoff from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana in 2017.

This mission is was performed on behalf of the European Commission under a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA).

Flight VA240 was the second to utilize the workhorse Ariane 5 – supplied by production prime contractor ArianeGroup – in lofting operational Galileo satellites. It followed another four orbited by Arianespace on an Ariane 5 in 2016, and 14 others launched in pairs aboard the company’s Russian-built Soyuz vehicles during seven missions performed between 2011 and 2016.

Arianespace is proud to deploy its entire family of launch vehicles to address Europe’s needs and guarantee its independent access to space. ”