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Ariane 5's first lift off of 2013

07/02/2013 2426 views 19 likes 286836 ID 00:03:55
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The first Ariane 5 heavy-lift mission of the year has delivered the Azerspace/Africasat-1a and Amazonas-3 telecom satellites into their planned transfer orbits. Liftoff of flight VA212 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana came at 21:36 GMT (22:36 CET; 18:36 French Guiana) right at the opening of the launch window.

Lift off for Ariane 5 VA212
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Lift off for Ariane 5 VA212
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Lift off for Ariane 5 VA212

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