Sunday, June 19, 2016

From Kourou in French Guiana, successfully launched Ariane-5 – TVNZ

With the launch Kourou in French Guiana was successfully launched heavy rocket, the Ariane 5. The company Arianespace, serving launches from Baikonur this, said that the start occurred on Saturday at 18:39 local time (Sunday, 00:39 MSK).

“The launch is made, all the indicators are normal side” – According to the Arianespace

earlier, the launch of the Ariane-5 has been postponed three times.. June 7 launch was postponed due to technical problems. On June 16 at the last moment freelance work carrier has not been detected before starting. The next day the weather conditions in French Guiana were unsatisfactory, which is also not allowed to run Ariane-5

The missile brings to geosynchronous transfer orbit two telecommunications satellites SSL American company. One of them, EchoStar XVIII, is designed to transmit a signal operator of satellite television and internet connection DISH Network. The second satellite, BRIsat, was developed at the request of the Indonesian Bank BRI, TASS reports.

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