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May 21, 2010
Arianespace marks the 50th flight of Ariane 5 when this workhorse heavy-lift launcher successfully lofts the ASTRA 3B commercial telecommunications satellite and Germany's COMSATBw-2 secure military relay platform.
May 8, 2010
The no. 1 Soyuz assembled at the Spaceport completes its initial phase of integration with the mating of the four first-stage strap-on boosters to the Block A core second stage. This will be the first Soyuz 2-1a vehicle to be operated from French Guiana by Arianespace.
March 26, 2010
Arianespace marks the 30th anniversary of its creation as the world's first commercial space transportation company. Now the world’s leading launch Service & Solutions provider, Arianespace has lofted more than half of all the commercial satellites currently in service worldwide.

Arianespace launch with RASCOM-QAF 1R & NILESAT 201
Launch Kit: English (.pdf 613 KB) French (.pdf 620 KB) Launch Kit – cover art: (.pdf format 1.51 MB) (.jpg format 2.60 MB)	Launcher version:	Ariane 5 ECA
	Payload(s):	RASCOM-QAF 1R & NILESAT 201
	Customer(s):	Thales Alenia Space on behalf of RascomStar-QAF for RASCOM-QAF 1R Thales Alenia Space on behalf of Nilesat for NILESAT 201
	Mission(s):	Telecommunications for RASCOM-QAF 1R Direct television broadcast for NILESAT 201
	Payload prime contractor(s):	Thales Alenia Space for RASCOM-QAF 1R Thales Alenia Space for NILESAT 201

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