Ariane 5 ECA launches TIBA-1 and Inmarsat GX5 satellites

An Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle (Ariane Flight VA250) launched TIBA-1 and Inmarsat GX5 satellites to Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) from Ariane Launch Complex No. 3 (ELA 3) at Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, on 26 November 2019 at 21:23 UTC (18:23 local time). TIBA-1 is a civil and government telecommunication satellite for Egypt, owned and operated by the government of Egypt. Inmarsat GX5 is a mobile communications satellite, Inmarsat’s fifth Ka-band Global Xpress (GX) satellite and the mo