* Astronomy

T plus 4 Hours 10 minutes

Third, and final, second stage ignition.

The targeted geosynchronous transfer orbit will be 3,548 by 18,995 nautical miles with an inclination of 12.1 degrees.

Spacecraft Separation is due at T plus 4hours 21minutes 26 seconds.
The satellite will use its onboard engine later to reach geostationary orbit above the equator at 90 degrees West longitude.

T plus 1 Hour

The Diego Garcia tracking station in the Indian Ocean will shortly acquired the rocket.

T plus 20 minutes

All systems nominal
The spacecraft is coasting.
A second firing of the second stage engine will follow shortly.
A tracking station at Accra, Ghana should acquire the rocket's signal in two minutes time.