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Live coverage: Ariane 5 blasts off with two Intelsat satellites

August 24, 2016 Stephen Clark

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the Intelsat 33e and Intelsat 36 communications satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.


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