# Arianespace Flight VA251 – EUTELSAT KONNECT Presentation

For its initial flight of 2020, Arianespace will orbit two telecommunications satellites using an Ariane 5 launch vehicle from the Guiana Space Center: EUTELSAT KONNECT for the operator Eutelsat; and GSAT-30 for the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).

Arianespace will confirm its leadership in the geostationary launch services market segment through this 107th Ariane 5 mission, to be performed as the company celebrates 40 years since its creation.

Flight VA251 will be performed from Ariane Launch Complex No. 3 (ELA 3) in Kourou, French Guiana.

Liftoff is planned on Thursday, January 16, 2020 as early as possible within the following launch window:

- Between 4:05 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Washington, D.C. time - Between 6:05 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Kourou, French Guiana time - Between 21:05 and 23:00 Universal time (UTC) - Between 10:05 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. Paris time, in the night of January 16 to 17 - Between 2:35 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. New Delhi time, in the morning of January 17

For further information, download the Flight VA251 Launch Kit by clicking here: http://www.arianespace.com/press-kits/

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2020
- Runtime: 2 min
- By: Arianespace
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arianespace_Flight_VA251_%E2%80%93_EUTELSAT_KONNECT_Presentation.webm)
- Licence or status: [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Arianespace
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/89576426?play=1)