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November 10, 2015

Ariane 5 lofts dual birds
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Nov 11, 2015
An Ariane 5 has delivered two telecom satellites, Arabsat-6B and GSAT-15, into their planned orbits. Liftoff of flight VA227 occurred on 10 November at 21:34 GMT (22:34 CET, 18:34 local time) from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Arabsat-6B, with a mass at liftoff of 5798 kg and mounted in the upper position atop Ariane's Sylda dual-payload carrier inside the fairing, was the first to be released about 27 minutes into the mission. Following a series of burns controlled by A ... read more

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