Ariane Orbits U.K., Brazilian Sats

An Ariane 5 ECA orbited the U.K.’s second Skynet 5 military communication satellite and Brazil’s Star One C1 communications satellite Nov. 14, marking the fifth mission this year for the European launcher. Liftoff from Kourou, French Guiana, came at 5:06 p.m. EST following five days of technical...

Subscription Required

 

This content requires a subscription to one of the Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) bundles.

Schedule a demo today to find out how you can access this content and similar content related to your area of the global aviation industry.

Already an AWIN subscriber? Login

 

Did you know?  Aviation Week has won top honors multiple times in the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards, the business-to-business media equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes.