Arianespace launched Ariane flight V143 using an Ariane 44L booster carrying the Intelsat 902 communications satellite from Kourou in French Guiana on 30 August.
The launch was the first since the failure of an Ariane 5G mission in July.
The mission had been delayed by six days to allow spacecraft contractor Space Systems/Loral to check the satellite's solar arrays after a set on another satellite malfunctioned.
The next Ariane launch will be made on 25 September by an Ariane 44P version, carrying Eutelsat's Atlantic Bird 2 communications satellite.
The 3,060kg (6,740lb), 7.4kW (9.9hp), 26 Ku-band transponder satellite will be located at 8í in geostationary orbit.
This launch will be followed by an Ariane 44LP booster carrying the DirecTV digital communications satellite on 18 October.
Ariane 5 is expected to return to service in November after the failed July launch which stranded two satellites in the wrong location.
Orbital Sciences has written off as a total loss the $60 million BSAT-2b satellite manufactured for the Japanese which was placed into a useless orbit. The manufacturer is expecting a contract to build a BSAT-2c.
The second payload, the European Space Agency's Artemis communications technology satellite, will lose half of its operational lifetime as a result of propellant usage to move itself towards a geostationary orbit.
The Ariane 5 launch failure has cost the space insurance business $140 million.
In addition to the BSAT-2b insurance pay-out, there will be a $40 million pay-out for Artemis and another $40 million for Arianespace's re-launch guarantee coverage.
Source: Flight International
