Record-Setting Ariane 5 Launch Delivers Pair of Landmark Communications Satellites to Orbit

June 2, 2017June 2, 2017 Patrick Blau 4906 Views Eutelsat, French Guiana, Guiana Space Center, VA237, ViaSat, ViaSat-2

Europe’s Ariane 5 workhorse lit up the night skies over the edge of the Amazon Thursday night, rumbling into orbit on a record-setting mission with a pair of high-powered broadband satellites for the United States and Europe

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Photos: Ariane 5 rolls out for Dual-Payload Delivery with high-power Broadband Satellites

June 1, 2017 Patrick Blau 2351 Views Eutelsat, French Guiana, Guiana Space Center, VA237, ViaSat, ViaSat-2

Europe’s Ariane 5 workhorse launch vehicle rolls to the ELA-3 launch complex at the Guiana Space Center on May 31, 2017 for liftoff with the ViaSat-2 and Eutelsat 172B communications satellites that set a new record for the heaviest Geotransfer payload lifted by Arianespace.

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Photos: Ariane 5 Rocket Assembly for Dual-Payload Delivery

May 29, 2017 Patrick Blau 2125 Views French Guiana, Guiana Space Center, VA237

An Ariane 5 rocket takes shape at the Guiana Space Center for its third launch of 2017 with the record-setting ViaSat-2 Internet satellite and Eutelsat 172B, the first all-electric satellite to launch atop the European workhorse launcher.

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Photos: Eutelsat 172B Pre-Launch Processing

May 28, 2017May 29, 2017 Patrick Blau 2247 Views French Guiana, Guiana Space Center, VA237

The Eutelsat 172B communications satellite undergoes final pre-launch processing at the Guiana Space Center before taking its spot as one of two passengers launching on a June 2017 Ariane 5 mission.