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Ariane 5 Launches Two Satellites


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Arianespace successfully launches MEASAT-3b and OPTUS 10 satellites

Kourou, September 11, 2014

Arianespace has successfully launched two telecommunications satellites, MEASAT-3b for the Malaysian operator MEASAT, and OPTUS 10 for the Australian operator OPTUS. The launch was performed by an Ariane 5 rocket on September 11 at 07:05 pm (local time) from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana. With this new successfull launch, Arianespace clearly sets the standard in launch services for all manufacturers and operators in the Asia-Pacific market.

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Lifting off from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at 22:05 GMT on 11 September 2014 (19:05 local time; 00:05 CEST on 12 September), Ariane 5 successfully deployed MEASAT-3b and Optus 10 into geostationary transfer orbit – marking its 61st consecutive successful mission.

Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace

Source: ESA - Space in Videos

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One more in the plans in mid 2016 i think ~ well .. for Malaysia (MEASAT-3c I think) at least ~

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