Europe’s Ariane 5 appears to have gotten away with a black eye on Thursday when its 97th mission veered off course from the onset of the rocket’s climb, but still managed to deploy two innovative communications craft in a stable, but off-target orbit from where it will be up to the SES 14 and Al Yah 3 satellites to rectify the situation and maneuver into their operational slots above the equator.
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Europe’s Ariane 5 launch vehicle, after 82 consecutive successes over a 15-year streak, encountered a potentially serious anomaly on Thursday when lifting a pair of cutting-edge communications satellites into a high-energy Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit.
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Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket rolled out to its French Guiana launch pad in preparation for liftoff on Thursday on the vehicle’s year-opening mission, tasked with deploying a pair of innovative satellites to a Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit peaking 45,000 Kilometers above the planet.
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A 55-meter tall Ariane 5 rockets rolls out from its Final Assembly Building to the ELA-3 launch pad at the Guiana Space Center on January 24, 2018 for liftoff with a pair of innovative communications satellites.
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The first Ariane 5 ECA to fly in 2018 arrives at the Guiana Space Center aboard one of two sea-going vessels operated by Arianespace and undergoes assembly operations in preparation for a January liftoff with two innovative, yet different satellites
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Satellites for Ariane’s 2018 year-opening mission arrive at the Guiana Space Center via cargo aircraft to enter final pre-launch testing, fueling for flight and integration atop the Ariane 5 launch vehicle that will take them into a Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit.
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