Last night, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe`s Spaceport in French Guiana on a journey to place two telecommunications satellites, NSS-12 and Thor 6, into geostationary transfer orbits. Flight V192 was the sixth...
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Engineers at Arianespace, the manufacturer for the heavy-lift delivery system Ariane 5, can be proud of their work. Their rocket design has once again proven itself to be one of the most efficient and reliable in the world,...
By Justin Ray posted: 30 October 2009 For this second time this month, the workhorse Ariane 5 rocket carried out a double satellite deployment mission just like clockwork on Thursday and set the stage to break its record for...
Image Caption: On the evening of 29th October 2009, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on a journey to place two telecommunications satellites, NSS-12 and Thor 6, into geostationary...
Last night, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on a journey to place two telecommunications satellites, NSS-12 and Thor 6, into geostationary transfer orbits. Flight V192 was the sixth...