Europe’s Ariane 5 launches satellites for Africa, UAE

Posted by brandoniswrite on July 1, 2010

An Ariane 5 rocket lifts-off on Earth Day. (arianespace)Europe’s heavy lift work horse delivered two communications satellites into earth orbit this evening as the Sun set over the South American launch site.The two satellites — Yahsat Y1A and Intelsat New Dawn — will be placed into a geostationary orbit over the next few days to [...]

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