Tag: Arsat 1
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Satellites for Australia and Argentina ready for Ariane 5 launch
The Ariane 5 rocket with the Sky Muster and Arsat 2 satellites rolled out to the launch pad Tuesday. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Baudon Government enterprises in Australia and Argentina will get a boost Wednesday with the launch of an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana with two communications…
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Ariane 5 rocket to boost satellites for Latin America
The Ariane 5 rocket sits on the ELA-3 launch pad Wednesday evening. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Optique Video du CSG – P. Piron Two telecommunications satellite for Latin America are counting down to liftoff Thursday aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana. The powerful 18-story launcher is set to ignite its hydrogen-fueled Vulcain 2 main…
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Two satellites for Latin America launched by Ariane 5
The Ariane 5 rocket sits on the ELA-3 launch pad Wednesday evening. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin An Ariane 5 launcher fired into space Thursday from French Guiana, hauling two commercial satellites destined to broadcast television to Latin America for Intelsat, DirecTV and Argentina’s national telecom company. Heading for orbits…
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ArSat-1: Argentina to communicate its heightened space ambitions
An Ariane 5 is set to launch the first satellite of a very ambitious program to develop indigenous technological and development capabilities for Argentina. The October 15 launch of ArSat-1 – riding alongside DirectTV’s DLA-1 – will loft the three ton spacecraft to Geostationary Transfer Orbit, for a destination at 71.8 degrees West, a position…