Ariane Flight VA226

with Sky Muster and ARSAT-2

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Press release: Flight VA226 success: with Sky Muster and ARSAT-2 in orbit, Arianespace serves Australia and Argentina

Launch vehicle: Ariane 5 ECA

Launch date: September 30, 2015

Status: Success

Payload(s): Sky Muster I, ARSAT-2

Customer(s): nbn, ARSAT

Prime contractor(s): SSL, INVAP

Mission length: 00:49:36

Orbit: Geostationary transfer orbit (GTO)

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

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Ariane 5 October 1, 2015

Ariane 5 September 30, 2015

Ariane 5 September 30, 2015

Ariane 5 September 30, 2015

Ariane 5 September 30, 2015

Ariane 5 September 30, 2015

Ariane 5 September 30, 2015

mission update

Ariane 5 September 30, 2015

Maintaining Arianespace’s 2015 launch cadence: Ariane 5 orbits Sky Muster and ARSAT-2 Two telecommunications satellites that will provide expanded relay capacity for Australia and Argentina were orbited today on Arianespace’s ninth mission in 2015 – putting the company on track to perform a record 12 flights this year using its three-member launch vehicle family, which consists of the heavy-lift Ariane 5, medium-lift Soyuz and lightweight Vega.

Ariane 5 September 30, 2015

Arianespace’s Ariane 5 mission with Sky Muster and ARSAT-2 enters its final countdown

Ariane 5 September 29, 2015

Ariane 5 rolls out for Arianespace’s launch tomorrow; two other missions are in preparation with Ariane 5 and Vega

Ariane 5 September 28, 2015

Ariane 5 is “signed” and ready for launch on Arianespace’s fifth heavy-lift flight of 2015

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