November 26, 2019, at 6:23 p.m. — Arianespace's Ariane 5 launches VA250 to a geostationary transfer orbit from Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 3 at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. On board the VA250 mission — the 250th launch of an Ariane family rocket — were the TIBA-1 and Inmarsat GX5 commercial satellites.