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Arianespace Successfully Launches Ariane 5 Rocket With 2 Satellites

Sputnik News

06:43 06.10.2016(updated 08:14 06.10.2016)

An Ariane 5 rocket has successfully lifted off from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana with two satellites.

PARIS (Sputnik) – An Ariane 5 rocket has successfully lifted off from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana with two satellites, the Arianespace launch operator reports.

"Sky Muster™ II and GSAT-18 are the 542nd and 543rd satellites to be launched by Arianespace," the company said on its website reporting a "success" launch status.

The launch of the Ariane 5 rocket with the satellites was carried out at 20:30 GMT on Wednesday.

The launch is the fifth Ariane 5 launch from the Guiana Space Center this year.

The Sky Muster II satellite belongs to Australian operator nbn (National Broadband Network), and the GSAT-18 satellite – to the Indian space agency ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization).

© Sputnik



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