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**Ariane 5 ECA\/VINASAT-1 and Star One C2 \u2013 Live Update Pages**<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n **FREE Ariane 5 ECA\/VINASAT-1 and Star One C2 Launch Video** \n<\/p>\n SpaceX launch tickets (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/p>\n Back in action since lofting the ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle) on its debut mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the Ariane launcher is back into commerical satellite operations, in what is projected to be a seven launch year for Arianespace. <\/p>\n This will be the 34th commercial mission for Ariane 5. Launcher 539, the 34th production phase Ariane 5, is the twelfth of the 30 PA contract launchers, for which ASTRIUM is production prime contractor. 539 is consequently the thirteenth complete launcher to be delivered to Arianespace, integrated and checked out under ASTRIUM responsibility in the Launcher Integration Building (BIL).<\/p>\n Equipped with 20 C- and Ku-band transponders, VINASAT-1 will provide radio, television and telephone transmission services for all of Vietnam and the Asia Pacific region from its geostationary orbit position of 132 degrees East. <\/p>\n The bird is Vietnam\u2019s first satellite, and will be used to service 200 digital television channels or tens of thousands of telephone channels or the high-speed Internet. It will service on a wide region of Southeast and Northeast Asia for 15-22 years.<\/p>\n VINASAT-1\u2019s relay services will improve the nation\u2019s communication networks infrastructure, removing the dependence on ground networks and allowing all of Vietnam\u2019s rural communities and hamlets to be equipped with telephones and televisions. <\/p>\n The VINASAT spacecraft is the latest A2100-series spacecraft entrusted to Ariane 5. In 2007, Ariane 5 successfully orbited two other satellites of this type: ASTRA 1L in May, and BSAT-3a in August \u2013 both of which were carried on the launcher\u2019s trademark dual payload missions. <\/p>\n The other passenger, Star One C2, was built by Thales Alenia Space for Brazil\u2019s Star One telecommunications operator, and carries a payload of 28 C-band transponders, 16 Ku-band transponders, and 1 X-band transponder. It is based on Thales Alenia Space\u2019s Spacebus 3000B3 platform, and will have a lift-off mass of 4,100 kg. <\/p>\n The bird will handle both direct TV broadcasts for South America and international and domestic long-distance telephony for Brazil and Mexico. <\/p>\n Star One C2\u2019s launch follows Arianespace\u2019s successful orbiting of the Star One C1 satellite last November with another dual-payload Ariane 5 mission. <\/p>\n In addition to Star One C2, Thales Alenia Space also has delivered a second payload to French Guiana for launch on a subsequent Ariane 5 mission in 2008. Turksat 3A satellite for Turkey\u2019s Turksat international satellite and cable operator, which will provide telecommunications and direct TV broadcasting services though Turkey, Europe, Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia. <\/p>\n VINASAT-1 is the mission\u2019s lower payload, and is installed inside the 6.4-meter tall SYLDA 5 dispenser. Riding above it is Star One C2, which has been encapsulated in Ariane 5\u2019s 17-meter-tall payload fairing. <\/p>\n Arianespace\u2019s two upcoming flights in March and April are the first of seven Ariane 5 missions planned in 2008. Subsequent launches during the year will orbit the Herschel and Planck scientific payloads, as well as TerreStar 1 \u2013 the largest geostationary commercial communications satellite ever built. <\/p>\n In parallel, Arianespace\u2019s Starsem affiliate has set April 26 for a Soyuz launch from Kazakhstan\u2019s Baikonur Cosmodrome with Giove-B, the second demonstration satellite for Europe\u2019s Galileo satellite navigation constellation.<\/p>\n Re-live the launch updates on the live event pages, linked above.<\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Arianespace\u2019s 2008 launch surge continued on Friday night with the dual launch of the VINASAT-1\/Star One C2 telecommunication satellites via the Ariane 5 ECA from the European Spaceport in French Guiana. Both spacecraft were successfully separated during the latter stages of the 31 minute flight. 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<\/em><\/p>\nThe VINASAT-1 telecommunications platform is based on Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems\u2019 A2100A spacecraft bus, and will have a mass at lift-off of around 2,600 kg. <\/p>\n