Intelsat Pair lifted into Orbit in Record-Setting Ariane 5 Launch

August 24, 2016January 28, 2017 Patrick Blau 5007 Views Intelsat, Intelsat 33e, Intelsat 36, VA232

Lighting up the night at the edge of the Amazon, Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket boosted a heavy pair of Intelsat communications satellites into orbit on Wednesday and in the process pushed its record for the heaviest payload delivered to Geostationary Transfer Orbit.

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Ariane 5 rolls out for first Dual-Payload Launch for Telecom Giant Intelsat

August 23, 2016January 28, 2017 Patrick Blau 3746 Views Intelsat, Intelsat 33e, Intelsat 36, VA232

Europe’s workhorse rocket, the trusted Ariane 5, rolled to its launch pad at the Guiana Space Center on Tuesday in preparation for a rare dedicated launch on Wednesday, lifting two satellites operated by the same company into orbit.