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Arianespace lofts three spacecraft in first Ariane 5 launch since start of pandemic – SpaceNews

Arianespace on Aug. 15 launched two communications satellites and a satellite servicer on an Ariane 5 rocket, completing the company’s first launch since the reopening of the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.

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WASHINGTON Arianespace on Aug. 15 launched two communications satellites and a satellite servicer on an Ariane 5 rocket, completing the companys first launch since the reopening of the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. 
Ariane 5 lifted off at 6:04 p.m. Eastern and deployed the spacecraft into geostationary transfer orbits over the course of 48 minutes. The launch was delayed two weeks to replace a problematic sensor on the rockets first stage, and again by a day because of upper lev…

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