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Fri, Aug 26, 2016

Ariane 5 Boosts Dual Payload Into Orbit

Fourth Launch For The Heavy-Lift Rocket This year

An Ariane 5, operated by Arianespace, has delivered two telecom satellites, Intelsat-33e and Intelsat-36, into their planned orbits.

Liftoff of flight VA232 occurred on Wednesday at 2216 GMT (1916 local time) from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

Intelsat-33e, with a mass at liftoff of 14,550 pounds, and mounted in the upper position atop Ariane’s Sylda dual-payload carrier inside the fairing, was the first to be released about 28 minutes into the mission.

Following a series of burns controlled by Ariane’s onboard computer, the Sylda structure encasing the 7,100 pound Intelsat-36 was then jettisoned. Intelsat-36 was released into its own transfer orbit about 13 minutes after the first satellite.

Both satellites have a design life of 15 years and are owned by satellite operator Intelsat.

(Image provided with Arianespace news release)

FMI: www.arianespace.com

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