Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket lifted off from the ELA-3 launch site at the Guiana Space Center at 23:45 UTC on Thursday, June 1, 2017 establishing a new record for the heaviest payload lifted into Geostationary Transfer Orbit by the workhorse launcher.
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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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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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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.
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