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Lifting off at 21:05 UTC from the Spaceport’s ELA-3 launch complex in French Guiana Ariane 5 ECA launcher has successfully deployed the EUTELSAT 21B and Star One C3 satellites after 33-minute mission. It was the 66th flight of an Ariane 5 and the 210th launch of a European-built Ariane family vehicle, maintaining Arianespace’s sustained mission pace in 2012.