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December 06, 2014

Ariane 5 delivers DIRECTV-14 and GSAT-16 to orbit
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Dec 07, 2014
Telecommunications satellites for two long-standing Arianespace customers were launched today on the company's sixth Ariane 5 flight in 2014, extending the heavy-lift workhorse's string of consecutive successes to 63. Delivering a total payload lift performance of approximately 10,200 kg., the mission - designated Flight VA221 in Arianespace's numbering system - lofted DIRECTV-14 for operator DIRECTV, along with the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) GSAT-16. The DIRECTV-14 spacecra ... read more

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