Satellite Hitch Causes Launch Scrub For Europe's Ariane Rocket

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File photo of an Ariane-5 ECA at the launch pad.

Paris (AFP) Jun 06, 2005
A scheduled launch this month of a heavy version of the European rocket Ariane has been postponed after one of the two satellites that make up its payload developed "a technical problem," the launch operator Arianespace said on Monday.

The launch was due to have taken place on the night of June 24-25 from Europe's space base in Kourou, French Guiana.

The Ariane-5 ECA was due to have taken aloft two satellites, Spaceway-2, for the US pay TV operator DirecTV, and Telkom-2, for the Indonesian telecommunications firm Telkom Indonesia.

The Arianespace statement did not identify the problem or say which satellite had it, nor did it give a new date for the scrubbed launch.

The next Ariane flight is now set for the night of July 7-8 using a standard Ariane-5 to launch IPStar, a satellite for Thailands Shinsat telecommunications operator, Arianespace said.

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EADS Pulls Plug On New Bigger Version Of Ariane Rockets

Frankfurt (AFP) May 17, 2005
European aerospace giant EADS has shelved plans for a new bigger 12-tonne version of its Ariane rocket owing to lack of demand, one of the group's directors said in a newspaper interview published Tuesday.

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