Ariane 5′s fourth launch of 2011
August 9, 2011
Early this morning, an Ariane 5 launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites, Astra-1N and BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R, into their planned transfer orbits. credit: ESA
Topics:
Ariane, Ariane 5, European Space Agency, Guiana Space Centre, SES Astra, Spaceport, ESA, Telecommunications satellites, Europe, French Guiana