Ariane 5 ? Dual launch of telecommunications satellites

Early this morning, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe?s Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites, JCSat-12 and Optus D3, into geostationary transfer orbits.

Link: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMYT5H7KYF_index_0.html

Time: 22. Aug. 2009

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Topics: satellites, telecommunications