On July 30rt, Ariane 5 launched the Eutelsat-Quantum satellite. The first commercial telecommunications satellite with a fully flexible payload and much of it thanks to the active antenna designed and built by Airbus Barajas. Flight 254 launched a second passenger (Star-One-D2) held by an Airbus adapter with a plaque in memory of a dear colleague (DEP), program manager for the Ariane 5 adapters: this was one of the last programmes that he managed.
