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Arianespace is carrying out parallel launch campaigns at Europe's Spaceport with the heavy-lift Ariane 5 ECA.

As one Ariane 5 ECA is awaiting the integration of its dual-satellite payload for an August 11 liftoff, a second vehicle is now taking shape in preparation for the subsequent launch - which also will carry a multiple spacecraft passengers.

The Ariane 5 ECA for Arianespace's August 11 mission is inside the Spaceport's Final Assembly Building, where it will soon will be fitted with JCSAT-10 civilian telecommunications satellite for Japan's JSAT Corporation and the French Syracuse 3B military relay platform.
Approximately 2.5 km. away, a newly-arrived Ariane 5 ECA has begun its build-up in the Launcher Integration Building, where the cryogenic core stage has erected and will be mated with the two solid boosters.
The Spaceport is designed to allow such campaigns to be performed simultaneously, with two Ariane 5 launch tables available for parallel vehicle preparation, a dual processing capability inside the separate Launcher Integration and Final Assembly Buildings, and the capacity for six spacecraft to be readied at the same time in available clean room facilities.

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The JCSAT-10 satellite has completed its fuelling process, marking another step in the spacecraft's pre-launch checkout for its upcoming Ariane 5 dual payload heavy-lift mission.
JSAT-10's fuelling occurred in the S5A hall of the Spaceport's large S5 payload preparation facility, which is designed to allow multiple satellites to be processed in parallel - even during hazardous operations such as fuelling. This allowed checkout activities to continue with the Ariane 5 ECA mission's other payload - France's Syracuse 3B military relay platform - in an adjacent hall of the S5 facility.

To be operated by the Tokyo-based JSAT Corporation, JCSAT-10 is to provide supply fixed satellite services (FSS) for Japan, the Asia-Pacific region and Hawaii.

The 4,048-kg. spacecraft was built by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems in Newtown, Pennsylvania, and carries 30 Ku-band and 12C-band transponders. After its launch by Ariane 5, the satellite will be will be positioned at 128 degrees East.

Liftoff of the Ariane 5 ECA with JSAT-10 and Syracuse 3B remains on schedule for August 11.

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