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Live coverage: Intelsat’s first “Epic” satellite in orbit after Ariane 5 launch

January 27, 2016 Stephen Clark

The first satellite in a new class of ultra-powerful communications satellites for Intelsat lifted off Wednesday aboard the first Ariane 5 flight of the year. Launch from French Guiana occurred at 2320 GMT (6:20 p.m. EST).

First Ariane 5 launch of the year set for Wednesday

January 26, 2016 Stephen Clark

An Ariane 5 rocket journeyed from its assembly hangar to a nearby launch pad in French Guiana on Tuesday, a day before the heavy-duty launcher is scheduled for liftoff with the first in a new generation of high-capacity communications satellites for Intelsat.