Photos: Ariane 5 Transfer to ELA-3 Launch Site for Dual-Payload Delivery

May 3, 2017May 4, 2017 Patrick Blau 3180 Views Guiana Space Center, Koreasat, Koreasat-7, SGDC

Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket rolled out to its French Guiana launch pad on Wednesday for a long-delayed dual-satellite delivery that was held up for over a month by a general strike in the small French department that caused operations at the space base to grind to a complete halt. The 55-meter tall rocket is carrying communications satellites for Brazil and South Korea.

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