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Arianespace: Ariane 5 delivers MEASAT-3b and Optus 10 into orbit (VIDEO)

Kourou, French Guyana - On its 61st consecutive successful mission

Arianespace’s Ariane 5 launcher logged another heavy-lift mission achievement, orbiting commercial telecommunications payloads yesterday for leading Asia-Pacific operators MEASAT and Optus on Flight VA218. Lifting off from the Spaceport’s ELA-3 launch zone in French Guiana, Ariane 5 successfully deployed MEASAT-3b and Optus 10 into geostationary transfer orbit –marking its 61st consecutive succe...

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Rome, Italy, 09/12/2014 07:28
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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