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**Ariane 5 ECA\/Turksat and Skynet 5C \u2013 Live Update Pages**<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n **FREE Ariane 5 ECA\/Turksat and Skynet 5C Launch Video** \u2013 available now \n<\/p>\n Aerospace industry analysis (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/p>\n The Ariane 5 ECA was originally set to launch on May 30, before a software programming glitch was discovered during final checks during the countdown.<\/p>\n The problem related to the Ariane 5 ECA\u2019s flight software program, which had been modified after the successful March 9 launch of an Ariane 5 ES version \u2013 which orbited Europe\u2019s Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) re-supply spacecraft for the International Space Station. <\/p>\n That mission was followed by another flight on April 18 with an Ariane 5 ECA, which carried a dual-satellite telecommunications payload. The programming glitch, according to Arianespace, is thought to have occurred during software updates made after the ATV flight.<\/p>\n Ariane 5\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s payload \u2018stack\u2019 places Turksat 3A in the lower passenger position, with the satellite being released in the final phase of a multi-step mission trajectory. <\/p>\n Riding as the upper passenger is Skynet 5C, which was installed atop the SYLDA 5 dispenser system, and then encapsulated in the Ariane 5 ECA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ogive-shaped payload fairing. <\/p>\n Skynet 5C is the third satellite to be launched by Arianespace for UK-based Paradigm \u2013 a military satellite telecommunications operator that delivers secure communications to military and government users. Ariane 5 missions in 2007 orbited Skynet 5A in March, followed by Skynet 5B in November. <\/p>\n The Skynet 5 series of spacecraft are built by EADS Astrium, and carry hardened Ultra High and Super High Frequency (UHF\/SHF) payloads that operate with multiple, steerable spot beams. <\/p>\n Their relay capability is used by the UK\u2019s armed forces and other government agencies, and also is available to approved international defense, governmental and multinational organizations \u2013 including NATO.<\/p>\n Turksat 3A is to be utilized by Ankara-based Turksat, providing telecommunication services and direct TV broadcasting for Turkey, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia.<\/p>\n The 3,060 kg satellite is based on Thales Alenia Space\u2019s Spacebus 4000B2 spacecraft design, and carries 24 Ku-band transponders. <\/p>\n Arianespace is targeting seven Ariane 5 flights for 2008 \u2013 the busiest year of operations since the launcher\u2019s commercial introduction at Europe\u2019s Spaceport in French Guiana in 1999. <\/p>\n Its two on-target missions already performed this year were the historic March 9 flight of an Ariane 5 ES version with Europe\u2019s Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) for the International Space Station, and the April 18 dual-payload Ariane 5 ECA success with Star One C2 and VINASAT-1. <\/p>\n In addition, Arianespace\u2019s Starsem affiliate orbited the European GIOVE-B navigation satellite with its Soyuz commercial launcher, which lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on April 27.<\/p>\n Re-live the launch updates on the live event pages, linked above.<\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Arianespace are back on track with the dual payload launch of their Ariane 5 ECA, carrying Turksat 3A and the British Military satellite, Skynet 5C. 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<\/em><\/p>\nThe launch is the 183rd to be carried out by an Ariane launch vehicle, and the 39th Ariane 5 launch in total. The vehicle, carrying a total payload of 8,541 kg, including 7,745 kg for the two satellites, will lift off from the Ariane Launch Complex No. 3 (ELA 3) in Kourou, French Guiana.<\/p>\n