Ariane 5 – Largest-ever telecommunications satellite launched

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 - 16:28 in Astronomy & Space

Earlier this evening, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place the heaviest and most powerful telecommunications satellite ever launched, Terrastar 1, into geostationary transfer orbit.

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