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Designed to place payloads weighing up to 9.6 tonnes into GTO, this increased capacity allows the Ariane 5 ECA to handle dual launches of very large satellites.<\/p>\n
Given Arianespace now enjoys a full family of launch vehicles \u2013 following the introduction of the Soyuz and Vega rockets at the Spaceport \u2013 the company adopted a new numbering system to identify its missions with these three vehicles.<\/p>\n
As such, Ariane 5 flights carry the \u201cVA\u201d designation, followed by the flight number. The \u201cV\u201d stands for \u201cvol,\u201d the French word for \u201cflight,\u201d while the \u201cA\u201d represents the use of an Ariane launch vehicle.<\/p>\n
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With the introduction of Soyuz at the Spaceport in 2011, Arianespace missions from South America with the medium-lift workhorse launcher are being designated \u201cVS,\u201d while flights with the lightweight Vega vehicle are referenced as \u201cVV\u201d, following its successful debut this year.<\/p>\n
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This flight was designated Flight VA212 in Arianespace\u0092s numbering system, representing the 212th mission of an Ariane family launcher since the maiden liftoff of an Ariane 1 version in 1979. The launch was also the 68th Ariane 5 liftoff.<\/p>\n
The total payload performance for this mission was approximately 10,350 kg \u2013 which includes the two satellite passengers and their integration hardware for Ariane 5\u2032s dual-payload deployment system.<\/p>\n
![\"Amazonas](\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Z82.jpg\" "\\"Amazonas")
Riding in the upper position of Ariane 5\u2019s payload \u201cstack\u201d is Amazonas 3 \u2013 the seventh Spanish satellite to be launched by Arianespace.<\/p>\nBuilt by Space Systems\/Loral for the HISPASAT Group, Amazonas 3 will provide telecommunications relay services over the Americas, Europe, and North Africa, delivering direct-to-home television (DTH), corporate fixed and mobile telephone networks and broadband capacity.<\/p>\n
The 6,265-kg.-class relay platform is equipped with 33 Ku-band and 19 C-band transponders, along with nine Ka-band spot beams, and has been designed to provide telecommunications relay services.<\/p>\n
The satellite will help with the capacity demands during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil \u2013 the world\u2019s biggest sporting event, which gains billions in TV viewers.<\/p>\n
Azerspace\/Africasat-1a is located in the lower portion of Ariane 5\u2019s payload stack, and it carries 24 C-band transponders and 12 Ku-band transponders to deliver communications coverage for Azerbaijan, Central Asia, Europe and Africa.<\/p>\n
![\"Africasat-1a\"](\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Z74.jpg\" "\\"Africasat-1a\\"")
Produced by Orbital Sciences Corporation under contract to the Republic of Azerbaijan\u2019s Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies for satellite operator Azercosmos, it will be the initial satellite orbited by Arianespace for this nation situated in the Caucasus region.<\/p>\nThe satellite is based on Orbital\u2019s STAR-2 platform with a designed mission life of 15 years.<\/p>\n
A total of six Ariane 5 flights are scheduled from the Spaceport this year, along with four medium-lift Soyuz launches and one with the light-lift Vega.<\/p>\n
In addition, Arianespace opened their 2013 campaign with the launch of the final batch of six satellites for Globalstar\u2019s second-generation constellation on a Soyuz mission from Baikonur Cosmodrome, under the flag of the company\u2019s Starsem affiliate.<\/p>\n
(Images via Arianespace)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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