* Astronomy

Yesterday evening, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europes Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites, Amazonas 2 and ComSatBw-1, into geostationary transfer orbits.
Lift-off of flight V191, the 47th Ariane 5 launch, took place at 23:59 CEST (21:59 UTC; 18:59 French Guiana). The target injection orbit had a perigee altitude of 250 km, an apogee altitude at injection of 35 786 km and an inclination of 3º. The satellites were accurately injected into their transfer orbits about 27 and 33 minutes after lift-off, respectively. 

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Another successful dual launch: Arianespace orbits AMAZONAS-2 & COMSATBw-1 - 33rd successful Ariane 5 launch in a row
On Thursday evening, October 1, Arianespace boosted two payloads into geostationary transfer orbit: the AMAZONAS-2 civil communications satellite for the Spanish operator Hispasat, and the COMSATBw-1 military communications satellite, built by Astrium for the German Ministry of Defence. 

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Separation of the Amazonas 2 satellite

Upper stage engine shutdown