Ariane 5 performs 50th successful launch in a row

Ariane 5 performs 50th successful launch in a row
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Thursday 2 August 2012 marked the 50th successful Ariane flight in a row: an Ariane 5 was launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana to perform a dual deployment of two telecommunications satellites, Intelsat 20 and Hylas-2, into their planned transfer orbits.

Lift off of flight VA208 took place at 22:54 CEST; 17:54 French Guiana time. This was Ariane 5’s fourth launch of 2012, continuing a line of launch successes unbroken since 2003.

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9 responses to “Ariane 5 performs 50th successful launch in a row”

  1. but only 2 rockets?

  2. idk, maybe like 5-6 rockets

  3. sehr schöner start. toll 🙂

  4. Eine wunderschöne Trägerrakete, deren Vater auch ein Deutscher ist … Horst Holsten

    ESA, auf zum Mars!

  5. One thing I dont understand, ESA makes rockets that costs millions of euro's but they can't afford a HD-camera ??

  6. No money for Mars :/

  7. 2 boosters. No need for more.

  8. ¡Anda que, pedazo de longitud focal para grabar eso, y estable!

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