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This is a list of launches performed or scheduled to be performed by Ariane carrier rockets between 2010 and 2019. Since 2004, only the Ariane 5 is in service, operating in the ECA and ES configurations. The last Ariane 5 ES flew in 2018. The ECA version has flown until 2023 and will soon complete the transition to the Ariane 6.[1]

Launch statistics

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Rocket configurations

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2
3
4
5
6
7
  •   Ariane 5 ES
  •   Ariane 5 ECA
  •   Ariane 5 ECA

Launch outcomes

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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
2010
'11
'12
'13
'14
'15
'16
'17
'18
'19
  •   Failure
  •   Partial failure
  •   Success
  •   Planned

Launch history

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Source: Arianespace Press Kits[2]

2010

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Flight № Date
Time (UTC) 		Rocket type
Serial № 		Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customers Launch
outcome
V-194 21 May 2010
22:01 		Ariane 5 ECA
551 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Astra 3B
COMSATBw-2 		9,116 kg GTO SES
MilSat Services 		Success
V-195 26 June 2010
21:41 		Ariane 5 ECA
552 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Arabsat-5A
Chollian 		8,393 kg GTO Arabsat
KARI 		Success
V-196 4 August 2010
20:59 		Ariane 5 ECA
554 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Nilesat-201
RASCOM-QAF 1R 		7,085 kg GTO Nilesat
RASCOM 		Success
V-197 28 October 2010
21:51 		Ariane 5 ECA
555 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Eutelsat W3B
BSAT-3b 		8,263 kg GTO Eutelsat
B-SAT 		Success
Eutelsat W3B suffered leak in the propulsion system shortly after launch and was declared total loss.[3] BSAT-3b, however, is operating normally.
V-198 26 November 2010
18:39 		Ariane 5 ECA
556 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Intelsat 17
HYLAS-1 		8,867 kg GTO Intelsat
Avanti Communications 		Success
V-199 29 December 2010
21:27 		Ariane 5 ECA
557 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Koreasat 6
Hispasat-1E 		9,259 kg GTO KT Corporation
Hispasat 		Success

2011

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Flight № Date
Time (UTC) 		Rocket type
Serial № 		Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customers Launch
outcome
V-200 16 February 2011
21:50 		Ariane 5 ES
544 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Johannes Kepler ATV 20,050 kg LEO ESA Success
VA-201 22 April 2011
21:37 		Ariane 5 ECA
558 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Yahsat 1A
New Dawn 		10,064 kg GTO AlYahsat
Intelsat 		Success
Launch was scrubbed from 30 March due to Vulcain main engine gimbal malfunction that caused launch abort in the last seconds before liftoff.[4]
VA-202 20 May 2011
20:38 		Ariane 5 ECA
559 		Guiana
ELA-3 		ST-2
GSAT-8 		9,013 kg GTO Singapore Telecom
ISRO 		Success
VA-203 6 August 2011
22:52 		Ariane 5 ECA
560 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Astra 1N
BSAT-3c
JCSAT-110R 		9,095 kg GTO SES
B-SAT 		Success
VA-204 21 September 2011
21:38 		Ariane 5 ECA
561 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Arabsat-5C
SES-2 		8,974 kg GTO Arabsat
SES 		Success

2012

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Flight № Date
Time (UTC) 		Rocket type
Serial № 		Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customers Launch
outcome
VA-205 23 March 2012
04:34 		Ariane 5 ES
553 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Edoardo Amaldi ATV 20,060 kg LEO ESA Success
VA-206 15 May 2012
22:13 		Ariane 5 ECA
562 		Guiana
ELA-3 		JCSAT-13
Vinasat-2 		8,381 kg GTO JSAT
VNPT 		Success
VA-207 5 July 2012
21:36 		Ariane 5 ECA
563 		Guiana
ELA-3 		EchoStar XVII
MSG-3 		9,647 kg GTO EchoStar
EUMETSAT 		Success
VA-208 2 August 2012
20:54 		Ariane 5 ECA
564 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Intelsat 20
HYLAS 2 		10,182 kg GTO Intelsat
Avanti Communications 		Success
VA-209 28 September 2012
21:18 		Ariane 5 ECA
565 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Astra 2F
GSAT-10 		10,211 kg GTO SES
ISRO 		Success
VA-210 10 November 2012
21:05 		Ariane 5 ECA
566 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Eutelsat 21B
Star One C3 		9,216 kg GTO Eutelsat
Star One 		Success
VA-211 19 December 2012
21:49 		Ariane 5 ECA
567 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Skynet 5D
MEXSAT-3 		8,637 kg GTO Astrium
MEXSAT 		Success

2013

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Flight № Date
Time (UTC) 		Rocket type
Serial № 		Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customers Launch
outcome
VA-212 7 February 2013
21:36 		Ariane 5 ECA
568 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Amazonas-3
Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a 		10,350 kg GTO Hispasat
Azercosmos[5] 		Success
VA-213 5 June 2013
21:52 		Ariane 5 ES
592 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Albert Einstein ATV 20,252 kg LEO ESA Success
VA-214 25 July 2013
19:54 		Ariane 5 ECA
569 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Alphasat I-XL
INSAT-3D 		9,760 kg GTO Inmarsat
ISRO 		Success
VA-215 29 August 2013
20:30 		Ariane 5 ECA
570 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Eutelsat 25B/Es'hail 1
GSAT-7 		9,790 kg GTO Eutelsat
ISRO 		Success

2014

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Flight № Date
Time (UTC) 		Rocket type
Serial № 		Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customers Launch
outcome
VA-217 6 February 2014
21:30 		Ariane 5 ECA
572 		Guiana
ELA-3 		ABS-2
Athena-Fidus 		10,214 kg GTO DIRISI Success
VA-216 22 March 2014
22:04 		Ariane 5 ECA
571 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Astra 5B
Amazonas 4A 		9,579 kg GTO SES
Hispasat 		Success
VA-219 29 July 2014
23:47 		Ariane 5 ES
593 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Georges Lemaître ATV 20,293 kg LEO ESA Success
VA-218 11 September 2014
22:05 		Ariane 5 ECA
573 		Guiana
ELA-3 		MEASAT 3b
Optus 10 		10,088 kg GTO MEASAT Satellite Systems
Optus 		Success
VA-220 16 October 2014
21:43 		Ariane 5 ECA
574 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Intelsat 30
ARSAT-1 		10,060 kg GTO Intelsat
AR-SAT 		Success
VA-221 6 December 2014
20:40 		Ariane 5 ECA
575 		Guiana
ELA-3 		DirecTV-14
GSAT-16 		10,210 kg GTO DirecTV
ISRO 		Success

2015

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Flight № Date
Time (UTC) 		Rocket type
Serial № 		Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customers Launch
outcome
VA-222 26 April 2015
20:00 		Ariane 5 ECA
576 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Thor 7
SICRAL-2 		9,852 kg GTO British Satellite Broadcasting
French Armed Forces 		Success
VA-223 27 May 2015
21:16 		Ariane 5 ECA
577 		Guiana
ELA-3 		DirecTV-15
Sky Mexico 1 		9,960 kg GTO DirecTV
Sky México 		Success
VA-224 15 July 2015
21:42 		Ariane 5 ECA
578 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Star One C4
MSG-4 		8,587 kg GTO Star One
EUMETSAT 		Success
VA-225 20 August 2015
20:34 		Ariane 5 ECA
579 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Eutelsat 8 West B
Intelsat 34 		9,922 kg GTO Eutelsat
Intelsat 		Success
VA-226 30 September 2015
20:30 		Ariane 5 ECA
580 		Guiana
ELA-3 		NBN Co 1A
ARSAT-2 		10,203 kg GTO National Broadband Network
ARSAT 		Success
VA-227 10 November 2015
21:34 		Ariane 5 ECA
581 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Arabsat 6B
GSAT-15 		9,810 kg GTO Arabsat
ISRO 		Success

2016

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Flight № Date
Time (UTC) 		Rocket type
Serial № 		Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customers Launch
outcome
VA-228 27 January 2016,
23:20 		Ariane 5 ECA
583 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Intelsat 29e 6,700 kg GTO Intelsat Success
VA-229 9 March 2016,
05:20 		Ariane 5 ECA
582 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Eutelsat 65 West A 6,707 kg GTO Eutelsat Success
VA-230 18 June 2016,
21:38 		Ariane 5 ECA
584 		Guiana
ELA-3 		EchoStar 18
BRISat 		10,730 kg GTO EchoStar
Bank Rakyat Indonesia 		Success
This mission carried the first satellite owned by a financial institution.[6]
VA-232 24 August 2016,
22:16 		Ariane 5 ECA
586 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Intelsat 33e
Intelsat 36 		10,735 kg GTO Intelsat Success
Intelsat 33e's LEROS apogee engine, which supposed to perform orbit raising, failed soon after its successful launch, forcing to use the experimentation of low-thrust reaction control system which extended the commissioning time 3 months longer than expected.[7] Later, it suffered other thruster problems which cut its operational life time for about 3.5 years.[8]
VA-231 5 October 2016
20:30 		Ariane 5 ECA
585 		Guiana
ELA-3 		NBN Co 1B
GSAT-18 		10,663 kg GTO National Broadband Network
INSAT 		Success
VA-233 17 November 2016
13:06 		Ariane 5 ES
863 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Galileo FOC-M6
(satellites FM-7, 12, 13, 14) 		3,290 kg MEO ESA Success
VA-234 21 December 2016
20:30 		Ariane 5 ECA
587 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Star One D1
JCSAT-15 		10,722 kg GTO Star One
SKY Perfect JSAT Group 		Success

2017

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Flight № Date
Time (UTC) 		Rocket type
Serial № 		Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customers Launch
outcome
VA-235 14 February 2017
21:39 		Ariane 5 ECA
588 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Intelsat 32e / SkyBrasil-1
Telkom 3S 		10,485 kg GTO Intelsat, DirecTV Latin America
Telkom Indonesia 		Success
This mission carried the first Intelsat EpicNG satellite based on the Eurostar E3000 platform, while other Intelsat EpicNG satellites were based on BSS-702MP platform.[9]
VA-236 4 May 2017
21:50 		Ariane 5 ECA
589 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Koreasat 7
SGDC-1 		10,289 kg GTO KT Corporation
SGDC 		Success
The launch was delayed from March 2017 due to transportation to the launch site being restricted by a blockade erected by striking workers.[10]
VA-237 1 June 2017
23:45 		Ariane 5 ECA
590 		Guiana
ELA-3 		ViaSat 2
Eutelsat 172B 		10,865 kg GTO ViaSat
Eutelsat 		Success
Heaviest and most expensive commercial payload ever put into orbit,[11] valued at approximately $800 million (~$1 billion including the rocket).[12] ViaSat-2 suffered antenna glitch, which cut about 15% of its intended throughput.[13]
VA-238 28 June 2017
21:15 		Ariane 5 ECA
591 		Guiana
ELA-3 		EuropaSat
Hellas Sat 3
GSAT-17 		10,177 kg GTO Hellas Sat
INSAT 		Success
VA-239 29 September 2017
21:56 		Ariane 5 ECA
5100 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Intelsat 37e
BSAT-4a 		10,838 kg GTO Intelsat
B-SAT 		Success
Launch was scrubbed from 5 September due to electrical fault in one of the solid rocket boosters that caused launch abort in the last seconds before liftoff.[14]
VA-240 12 December 2017, 18:36 Ariane 5 ES
595 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Galileo FOC-M7
(satellites FM-15, 16, 17, 18) 		3,282 kg MEO ESA Success
The four satellites were accommodated inside the medium version of the upper stage fairing.[15] The satellites, numbered SAT 19-20-21-22 and built by OHB System in Bremen, Germany, for the European Commission's Galileo programme under the supervision of the ESA, had a mass at liftoff of about 715 kilograms (1,576 lb) each, that is a total of approximately 2,860 kilograms (6,310 lb).[15] The mission was planned to last 4 hours, 40 minutes and 52 seconds, placing the two pairs of satellites into their medium Earth orbit, at an altitude of about 22,922 kilometres (14,243 mi) and an inclination of about 57 degrees.[15]

2018

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Flight № Date
Time (UTC) 		Rocket type
Serial № 		Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customers Launch
outcome
VA-241 25 January 2018
22:20 		Ariane 5 ECA
5101 		Guiana
ELA-3 		SES-14 with GOLD
Al Yah 3 		9,123 kg Super-GTO SES, NASA
AlYahsat 		Partial failure
Telemetry from the launch vehicle was lost after 9 minutes 30 seconds into the flight, after rocket trajectory went off course due to invalid inertial units' azimuth value.[16] Satellites later found to have separated from the upper stage and entered an incorrect orbit with large inclination deviations.[17][18] However, they were able to reach the planned orbit with small loss of on board propellant for SES-14 and still expected to meet the designed life time,[19] but with significant loss on Al Yah 3 (up to 50% of its intended operational life).[20][21]
VA-242 5 April 2018
21:34 		Ariane 5 ECA
5102 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Superbird-8 / DSN-1
HYLAS-4 		10,260 kg GTO Japanese Ministry of Defense, SKY Perfect JSAT Group
Avanti Communications 		Success
Return-to-flight mission after VA-241 mishap in 25 January, and the first Arianespace launch following the mishap.[22] The launcher was carrying the DSN-1/Superbird-8 and HYLAS-4 geostationary satellites. The satellites were accommodated together on the SYLDA adapter inside the long version of the upper stage fairing.[23] The mission was planned to last 33 minutes and 56 seconds, placing both satellites into a geostationary transfer orbit, with an apogee of about 35,786 kilometres (22,236 mi) and a perigee of about 250 kilometres (160 mi), at an inclination of about 3 degrees.[23]

Superbird-8 was in the upper position. It had a mass at liftoff of about 5,348 kilograms (11,790 lb).[23] The satellite was supposed to launch in mid-2016, but due to overpressurization within the container during shipping to the launch site that caused significant damage, the satellite was returned to the manufacturer for repair work and additional testing, delaying the launch for almost two years.[24] HYLAS-4 was in the lower position. It had a mass at liftoff of approximately 4,050 kilograms (8,930 lb).[23]

VA-243 25 September 2018
22:38 		Ariane 5 ECA
5103 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Horizons-3e
Azerspace-2 / Intelsat 38 		10,827 kg GTO Intelsat, SKY Perfect JSAT Group
Azercosmos 		Success
Hundredth Ariane 5 mission.[25] Flight VA-243 was delayed from 25 May due to issues with GSAT-11, which was eventually replaced by Horizons-3e.[26] The satellites were accommodated inside the long version of the upper stage fairing on the SYLDA adapter.[27] Horizons-3e had a liftoff mass of about 6,441 kilograms (14,200 lb) and was operated from the 169° East position.

It was Boeing's 56th, Intelsat's 60th and SKY Perfect JSAT's 20th spacecraft to be launched by Arianespace.[27][28]

Azerspace-2, also known as Intelsat 38, had a liftoff mass of about 3,500 kilograms (7,700 lb).[27] Azerbaijan’s second geostationary satellite would expand Azerspace-1's capacity while replacing Intelsat 12 from the 45° East position. It was SSL's 65th and Intelsat's 61st spacecraft to be launched by Arianespace.[28]

The mission was planned to last 42 minutes and 17 seconds, placing both the satellites into geostationary transfer orbits with a perigee altitude of about 250 kilometres (160 mi) and apogee of 35,726 kilometres (22,199 mi) and an inclination of about 6 degrees.[27][29]

VA-244 25 July 2018
11:25 		Ariane 5 ES
596 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Galileo FOC-M8
(satellites FM-19, 20, 21, 22) 		2,952 kg MEO ESA Success
Final flight of Ariane 5ES.

The satellites were accommodated inside the medium version of the upper stage fairing.[30] They were built by OHB System in Bremen, Germany, for the European Commission's Galileo programme under the supervision of the ESA.[30] They were assigned to the constellation's orbital plane B to provide additional coverage and performance to the now complete initial constellation composed of 24 operational satellites plus two in-orbit spares, all of which having been put into orbit by Arianespace. The satellites, numbered 23, 24, 25 and 26, are named after children who won the European Commission's Galileo drawing competition: Tara, Samuel, Anna and Ellen, respectively.

The mission was planned to last 3 hours, 56 minutes and 54 seconds, placing the two pairs of satellites into their medium Earth orbit, at an altitude of about 22,922 kilometres (14,243 mi) (corresponding to a semi-major axis of 29,300 kilometres (18,200 mi), 300 kilometres (190 mi) below Galileo operational orbit) and an inclination of about 56 degrees.[30][31]

VA-245 20 October 2018
01:45 		Ariane 5 ECA
5105 		Guiana
ELA-3 		BepiColombo 4,081 kg Heliocentric ESA
JAXA 		Success
VA-246 4 December 2018
20:37 		Ariane 5 ECA
5104 		Guiana
ELA-3 		GSAT-11
GEO-KOMPSAT-2A 		9,362 kg GTO ISRO
KARI 		Success

2019

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Flight № Date
Time (UTC) 		Rocket type
Serial № 		Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customers Launch
outcome
VA-247 5 February 2019
21:01 		Ariane 5 ECA
5106 		Guiana
ELA-3 		GSAT-31
Hellas Sat 4 / SaudiGeoSat 1[32] 		9,031 kg GTO ISRO
Hellas Sat 		Success[33]
It was the 103rd launch of Ariane 5, the 1st in 2019, and the 306th Arianespace mission.[34][35]

The payloads of the flight were adapted together onto the SYLDA adapter inside the long version of the upper stage fairing.[34] The total payload mass was approximately 10,018 kilograms (22,086 lb), including the adapters.[35] The launch placed both satellites into geosynchronous transfer orbits with perigee altitudes of about 250 kilometres (160 mi) and apogee altitudes of approximately 35,786 kilometres (22,236 mi) at inclinations of about 3°.[34]

Hellas Sat 4 was in the upper position, inside the SYLDA adapter. The telecommunication satellite had a liftoff mass of approximately 6,495 kilograms (14,319 lb) and was developed by Lockheed Martin Space in its facilities in Denver, Colorado and Sunnyvale, California for KACST and Hellas Sat.[34] It was designed to operate for 15 to 23 years from the 39° East orbital position, providing telecommunications services to Europe, South Africa, and the Middle East with its Ku- and Ka-band payloads. It is Lockheed Martin's 46th spacecraft orbited by Arianespace.[34]

GSAT-31 was in the lower position. The telecommunication satellite had a liftoff mass of 2,536 kilograms (5,591 lb). It was designed and manufactured by ISRO to operate for more than 15 years from the 48° East orbital position, providing telecommunications services with Ku-band coverage. It is ISRO's 22nd spacecraft orbited by Arianespace.[34]

VA-248 20 June 2019
21:43 		Ariane 5 ECA
5107 		Guiana
ELA-3 		AT&T T-16
Eutelsat 7C 		10,863 kg GTO AT&T
Eutelsat 		Success
American telecommunications company AT&T and European satellite operator Eutelsat were the customers for Ariane flight VA248.[36] The flight launched two geostationary satellites.[37][38] AT&T commissioned the launch of its AT&T T-16 communications satellite, originally ordered by satellite television provider DirecTV as the next satellite in its existing fleet prior to the acquisition of the company in 2015.[36][39][a][42] Eutelsat commissioned the launch of its Eutelsat 7C communications satellite, which provides 49 Ku band transponders for Sub-Saharan African digital television stations and capacity for several hundred channels in the region.[43][44] The satellite also has optical communication capabilities for use by government services in Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia, with a steerable beam capable of reaching areas visible to the satellite in its geostationary orbit above Africa.[45] Eutelsat 7C was manufactured by Maxar Technologies and its design, intended for a lifespan of 15 years, is based on the SSL 1300 satellite bus.[46] Weighing 3,400 kilograms (7,500 pounds), the satellite uses electric propulsion for orbit maintenance, which reduces the satellite's launch mass.[46][47] Eutelsat 7C arrived at the Guiana Space Center on 31 May.[48] AT&T T-16 and Eutelsat 7C were the 601st and 602nd satellites launched by Arianespace.[49]

The rocket's boosters and EPC first stage were expended in under nine minutes, while the ESC-A upper stage's HM7B engines burned for 16 minutes;[50] the EPC first stage intentionally crashed in the Gulf of Guinea, off the west coast of Africa.[50] Following the conclusion of the burn, AT&T T-16 separated from the ESC-A at 22:11 UTC, 28 minutes after the start of the flight, followed by the Eutelsat 7C's separation six minutes later, at 22:17 UTC.[38][47] The flight lasted 34 minutes,[38] and placed the satellites into a geostationary transfer orbit from which they will eventually be placed into geostationary orbit through their own propulsion.[49] Eutelsat 7C was placed at 7° east, a position which allowed the satellite to serve its intended markets in Africa, Central Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.[51][45] Eutelsat 7C continued in-orbit testing until the end of 2019, after which it became fully operational.[52]</ref>

Ariane flight VA248 was the 104th launch of an Ariane 5 launch vehicle, and the 71st launch of its ECA variant.[49][53] It was also the fifth launch conducted by Arianespace in 2019.[53]

VA-249 6 August 2019
19:30 		Ariane 5 ECA
5108 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Intelsat 39
EDRS-C / HYLAS-3 		9,786 kg GTO Intelsat
ESA / Airbus DS / Avanti 		Success
First flight of ECA variant.[54]
VA-250 26 November 2019
21:23[55] 		Ariane 5 ECA
5109 		Guiana
ELA-3 		Inmarsat-5 F5 (GX5)[56][57]
TIBA-1[58] 		9,607 kg GTO Inmarsat
Government of Egypt 		Success[59]

Notes

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  1. ^ The acquisition made AT&T the largest provider of subscription television in the world, with 26 million subscribers in 2015;[40][41] this has since decreased to 22.4 million subscribers in 2019.

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