Space WeeklySpace Weekly .comAriane 5 Launch Success and Record Performance- May 5, 2007 Ariane 5 delivered a record performance during Arianespace's second heavy-lift flight of 2007, deploying two large telecommunications satellites into highly accurate geostationary transfer orbit today (May 4). Launched from the ELA-3 complex at Europe's Spaceport, the Ariane 5 orbited ASTRA 1L for SES ASTRA and Galaxy 17 for Intelsat marking the 18th consecutive success for Arianespace's workhorse launch vehicle. "This comes less than two months after our previous success, which clearly...http://www.spaceweekly.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2157 |