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Ariane 5: Arianespace has launched two telecommunications satellites -VIDEO

Kourou, French Guyana - About a month ago the last launch on May 5

Arianespace has successfully launched two telecommunications satellites: ViaSat-2 for ViaSat Inc.; and EUTELSAT 172B for the operator Eutelsat – which is the first all-electric satellite to be orbited by an Ariane 5. The launch took place on Thursday, June 1 at 8:45 pm (local time) from the Guiana Space Center (CSG), Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. This launch was the sixth of the yea...

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Rome, Italy, 06/05/2017 14:49
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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