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Ariane 5 near the launch site. An Arianespace photo
KOUROU (BNS): The Ariane 5 rocket has been cleared for Friday’s dual payload launch mission.
The heavy-lift rocket received the go-ahead to launch two communications satellites after a launch readiness review by Arianespace on Wednesday.
The launch vehicle is set to roll out from the Final Assembly Building to the Kourou spaceport’s ELA-3 launch zone on Thursday.
It will blast off from the spaceport in French Guiana at 06:53 pm local time (2153 GMT) to place in orbit the ASTRA 1N and BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R satellites.
The satellites will be placed into a geostationary transfer orbit.
The European workhorse vehicle will to carry a total estimated payload of 9,095 kg for the upcoming flight which includes a mass of 8,240 kg for its ASTRA 1N and BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R satellite passengers.
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