Ariane Flight VA218

MEASAT-3b and Optus 10

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Press release: Arianespace Flight VS18 Soyuz – O3b Satellites

Launch vehicle: Ariane 5 ECA

Launch date: September 11, 2014

Status: Success

Payload(s): MEASAT-3b, OPTUS 10

Customer(s): MEASAT, OPTUS

Prime contractor(s): Airbus Defence and Space, SPACE SYSTEMS/LORAL

Mission length: 00:47:08

Orbit: Geostationary transfer orbit (GTO)

Launch site: Spaceport, French Guiana (Guiana Space Center)

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Ariane 5 September 11, 2014

Ariane 5 September 11, 2014

Ariane 5 September 11, 2014

Ariane 5 September 11, 2014

Ariane 5 September 11, 2014

Ariane 5 September 11, 2014

Ariane 5 September 11, 2014

Ariane 5 September 9, 2014

mission update

Soyuz March 5, 2018

New target launch date for Flight VS18 with Soyuz and O3b satellites The Flight VS18 mission, which will orbit four O3b Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites for SES, has been postponed to a new target date of March 9.

Ariane 5 September 11, 2014

Final countdown is underway for tonight’s Ariane 5 flight with two Asia-Pacific commercial satellites

Ariane 5 September 11, 2014

Ariane 5 delivers MEASAT-3b and Optus 10 into orbit on its 61st consecutive successful mission

Ariane 5 September 10, 2014

Ariane 5 moves to the launch zone for Arianespace’s September 11 heavy-lift flight

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