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Provisional parameters at injection of the Ariane 5's cryogenic upper stage (ESC-A) were:
Perigee: 249 km for a target of 250 km (±3)
Apogee: 35,897 km for a target of 35,925 km (±160)
Inclination: 1.993 degrees for a target of 1.999 degrees (±0.06°)

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Last night, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites into geostationary transfer orbits.
 Lift-off of flight V177 took place at 23:44 GMT/UTC (20:44 local time, 01:44 [15 August] CEST/Paris). The satellites were accurately injected into the correct transfer orbits about 30 minutes later.
 The payload comprised SPACEWAY 3, which will deliver broadband services throughout North America, and BSAT-3a, which will provide direct television links for Japan. The payload mass was 8848 kg; the satellite masses totalled 8042 kg, with payload adapters and dispensers making up the additional 806 kg.

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A European Ariane 5 rocket carrying two satellites successfully launched on schedule from the Kourou European Spaceport in French Guiana.
This Ariane 5 rocket launch marks the 3rd in 2007 and Arianespace`s 33rd  successful launch.
The  Spaceway 3 satellite is  modern satellite network service for North America was deployed 27 minutes after launch, the 2-ton BSAT 3a, is a Japanese television satellite was deployed  several minutes later.
According to Jean-Yves Le Gall, head of  Arianespace, there will be three further Ariane launches in 2007, with the next planned for the end of September.


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An Ariane 5  rocket with an ECA cryogenic upper stage  will launch the Japanese BSAT 3A direct-to-home TV satellite, and American Spaceway 3 broadband communications satellite ,  from the ELA-3 launch pad,  in Kourou, French Guiana on August 14th, 23:44 - 00:21 GMT.

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THE LAUNCH READINESS REVIEW (RAL) took place in Kourou on Saturday,  August 11, 2007 and authorised count-down operations for the SPACEWAY 3  and BSAT-3a launch.
For its third launch of the year, Arianespace will orbit two  telecommunications satellites: SPACEWAY 3 for US operator Hughes Network Systems,  LLC and BSAT-3a for US manufacturer Lockheed Martin Commercial Space  Systems, within the framework of a turnkey contract for Japanese  operator Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT). Through proven reliability and availability, Arianespace and Ariane  continue to set the launch service standard for the worlds leading  space communications operators.

It will be launched from the Ariane launch complex N° 3 (ELA3), in  Kourou, French Guiana.

Launch window:
GMT: Between 11:44pm and 00:21am on August 14/15.
PARIS: Between 01:44am and 02:21am on on August 15.
WASHINGTON: Between 07:44pm and 08:21pm on August 14.
KOUROU: Between 08:44pm and 09:21pm on on August 14.
TOKYO: Between 08:44am and 09:21am on on August 15.

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Hughes Signs Contract with Arianespace to Launch SPACEWAY 3
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) today announced that it has awarded a launch services contract to Arianespace for the launch of its next-generation SPACEWAY™ 3 satellite. The Ariane 5 heavy launcher will launch SPACEWAY 3 into geosynchronous transfer orbit from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. The launch date is projected for August 2007.
The SPACEWAY 3 satellite is the first in the world to switch and route broadband traffic on board, enabling single-hop communications between satellite terminals, eliminating the requirement for traffic to be routed through a central hub earth station. The SPACEWAY 3 satellite’s advanced antenna technology allows the dynamic formation and shaping of spot beams, enabling the flexible management of capacity and delivery of true bandwidth-on-demand services. The SPACEWAY 3 satellite will operate in the globally assigned Ka-band spectrum and will deliver a wide range of new high-speed communications services for IP data and multimedia applications to North American enterprise, consumer, and government customers.

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SPACEWAY 3 satellite as part of its new broadband satellite network that will provide multimedia services throughout North America. Its unique design incorporates on-board switching and spot beams, which will enable on-demand services. Built by Boeing Satellites Systems, Inc., SPACEWAY 3 will weigh approximately 6 000 kg at lift-off.

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