{"id":24575,"date":"2022-06-22T22:33:56","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T14:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/the-final-five-ariane-5s-march-to-retirement-begins-with-dual-passenger-launch\/"},"modified":"2022-06-22T22:33:56","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T14:33:56","slug":"the-final-five-ariane-5s-march-to-retirement-begins-with-dual-passenger-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/the-final-five-ariane-5s-march-to-retirement-begins-with-dual-passenger-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"The final five: Ariane 5\u2019s march to retirement begins with dual passenger launch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arianespace, ArianeGroup, and the European Space Agency (ESA) have launched their second flight of the year and the first for the veteran Ariane 5 rocket, which begins its trek toward retirement with the first of its five final planned missions. The mission lifted off from Kourou in French Guiana at 5:50 PM EDT (21:50 UTC) on June 22, partway into the 100-minute-long launch window.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The two payload passengers are MEASAT-3d and GSAT-24, with a total combined mass of 10,849 kg. They were delivered into a targeted orbit of 250 x 35,786 km inclined 6\u00b0 to the equator over the course of a 25-minute powered flight ascent to orbit.<\/p>\n

Overall, preparations for this mission began years ago with the satellites\u2019 contracts for construction and the overall launch contract agreement with ArianeGroup.<\/p>\n

The various components of the rocket, including the sections of the solid rocket boosters, the cryogenic core stage, and the cryogenic upper stage were all transported to French Guiana where assembly of the launcher for flight began on May 13, 2022.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n