Tag: Ariane Five

Satellite launched into orbit on Arianespace mission

The Arianespace program launched it’s first rocket of 2016 on Wednesday (January 27) night from it’s launchpad in French Guiana. The Ariane Five rocket is carrying a payload that contains Intelsat’s next generation communications satellite, Intelsat 29e. The rocket will launch the satellite into orbit for Intelsat, who provide high-performance connectivity services for media and mobile broadband communications. Arianespace is scheduled to launch two further Intelsat satellites in 2016. The launch phase was successful on […]