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October 14, 2024

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Photos: Ariane 5 rocket arrives on the launch pad

October 4, 2016 Stephen Clark

Riding on a mobile launch platform, an Ariane 5 rocket made the 1.7-mile trip from its final assembly building to the ELA-3 launch zone in Kourou, French Guiana, on Monday morning, one day before its blastoff on a commercial mission with Australian and Indian communications satellites.

Timeline for Ariane 5’s launch of Sky Muster 2 and GSAT 18

October 4, 2016 Stephen Clark

A communications satellite to broadcast high-speed Internet to remote parts of Australia and a new platform to beam television and multimedia programming across India are fastened to the top of an Ariane 5 rocket for launch Wednesday.