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The mission for two long-time Arianespace customers \u2013 Eutelsat and Intelsat \u2013 carried the designation Flight VA225 to signify the 225th launch of an Ariane-series vehicle.<\/p>\n
EUTELSAT 8 West B \u2013 which will be operated by Eutelsat and the Egyptian satellite company Nilesat \u2013 occupied the upper passenger position in Ariane 5\u2019s dual-payload configuration.<\/p>\n
Produced by Thales Alenia Space, the satellite was launched en route to the 7\/8 degrees West neighborhood selected by over 1,000 TV channels to reach an audience of 52 million homes.<\/p>\n
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Eutelsat and Nilesat have progressively built a comprehensive broadcast infrastructure at this position, comprising satellites designed for Direct-to-Home reception in a vast footprint stretching from Morocco to the Gulf.<\/p>\nThe bird is based on a 5.8-metric-ton-class relay platform built by Thales Alenia Space, featuring 40 operational Ku-band transponders.<\/p>\n
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Separated by the SYLDA (SYst\u00e8me de Lancement Double Ariane) \u2013 the other passenger, Intelsat 34, was in the lower payload position on Ariane 5, with a liftoff mass of more than 3 metric tons.<\/p>\n
Specially designed to meet the media distribution requirements of leading programmers for Latin America, this satellite also will support advanced broadband service to maritime and aeronautical providers serving the North Atlantic.<\/p>\n
Intelsat 34 was built by SSL (Space Systems\/Loral) of Palo Alto, California and is designed to deliver service for 15 years or longer. It will bring replacement relay capacity for two other satellites at 304.5 degrees East longitude.<\/p>\n
\u201cIntelsat and SSL have a close working relationship based on many years of experience and a mutual commitment to quality, reliability and customer service,\u201d noted John Celli, president of SSL.<\/p>\n
Intelsat 34 is the 50th satellite that SSL has provided to Intelsat.<\/p>\n
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The satellite is based on the SSL 1300 platform, which has the flexibility to support a broad range of applications and technology advances.<\/p>\nThe satellite uses SSL\u2019s heritage electric propulsion system, the SPT-100, which is actively in use on 17 satellites with more than 40,000 hours of successful on orbit operation.<\/p>\n
\u201cSSL has been an important manufacturing partner of Intelsat for more than 35 years and has designed and delivered nearly half of the satellites in the Intelsat fleet,\u201d added Thierry Guillemin, EVP and Chief Technology Officer of Intelsat.<\/p>\n
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With a total payload mass of 9,922 kg, EUTELSAT 8 West B and Intelsat 34 became the 513th and 514th satellites launched by Arianespace. It was also the 50th consecutive Ariane 5 ECA success, a record for GTO launchers. ULA\u2019s Delta II is currently at 98 \u2013 although she is a smaller class of rocket.<\/p>\n\u201cArianespace is very proud of our successful dual launch for the two leading commercial customers of our heavy launcher, Ariane 5. I would like to thank Intelsat and Eutelsat for their unwavering trust and loyalty over more than 30 years,\u201d noted Arianespace Chairman and CEO St\u00e9phane Isra\u00ebl.<\/p>\n
In parallel, payload and launch vehicle activity is underway for three other missions with the company\u2019s complete launcher family.<\/p>\n
Next up will be Soyuz flight VS12, scheduled for September 10 with two spacecraft for the European Commission\u2019s Galileo satellite navigation program.<\/p>\n
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Ariane 5 Flight VA226, also planned during September, will be carrying NBN Co 1A for Australia\u2019s National Broadband Network and ARSAT-2 for Argentinean satellite operator ARSAT.<\/p>\nARSAT-2 \u2013 which recently arrived at the F\u00e9lix Ebou\u00e9 Airport on a An-124 cargo jetliner \u2013 is the second of three geostationary satellites to be designed, built and operated with the goal of increasing Argentina\u2019s telecommunications capacity and guaranteeing the same level of connectivity quality to all of its regions.<\/p>\n
Arianespace orbited the first of these relay platforms, ARSAT-1, on an Ariane 5 mission last October.<\/p>\n
Vega Flight VV06 in late November will be conducting a European space science mission.<\/p>\n
(Images via Arianespace).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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