Arianespace’s first launch of 2016 will use an Ariane 5 rocket to orbit the Intelsat 29e satellite for Intelsat. This global international operator is a long-standing partner of Arianespace, in a relation spanning more than 30 years.
Intelsat 29e is the first satellite in the company’s next-generation, high throughput Intelsat EPICNG series.
With this mission – the 273rd by its family of launchers, Arianespace kicks off another busy year of mission activity, establishing an objective of 11 launches; including as many as eight by Ariane 5.