Ariane 5 Puts Two More Satellites Into Orbit
On Friday evening, August 11, Arianespace placed two satellites into geostationary transfer orbit: the JCSAT-10 communications satellite for Japanese operator JSAT Corporation, and the Syracuse 3B military communications satellite for the French Ministry of Defense.More here.
Ariane 5 is the only commercial launcher in service capable of simultaneously launching two payloads.
The mission was carried out by an Ariane 5 ECA launcher from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Liftoff was on Friday, August 11, at 7:15 p.m. local time in Kourou (6:15 p.m. in Washington, D.C., 22:15 GMT, and on Saturday, August 12 at 12:15 a.m. in Paris and 7:15 a.m. in Tokyo).
posted by Fergie @ 8/12/2006 12:36:00 PM
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