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Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket soars with Sky Muster, Arsat 2

September 30, 2015 Stephen Clark

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the Sky Muster and Arsat 2 communications satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.


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