Ariane 5's evening ascent

BY STEPHEN CLARK
SPACEFLIGHT NOW

Posted: September 14, 2014


Stacked inside the shroud of an Ariane 5 rocket, two commercial television broadcasting satellites for Malaysian and Australian telecommunications companies blasted off from French Guiana on Thursday.

The Measat 3b and Optus 10 spacecraft rocketed away from a launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana, at 2205 GMT (6:05 p.m. EDT), riding on top of an 18-story Ariane 5 booster to begin 15-year missions to broadcast television programming to millions of customers in the Asia-Pacific.

See our Mission Status Center for the latest news on the mission.

Video credit: CNES

Photo credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace - Optique Video du CSG

Photo credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace - Optique Video du CSG - S. Martin

Photo credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace - Optique Video du CSG - S. Martin

Photo credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace - Optique Video du CSG - P. Baudon

Photo credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace - Optique Video du CSG - P. Baudon

Photo credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace - Optique Video du CSG - P. Baudon

Photo credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace - Optique Video du CSG - P. Baudon

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