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RE: ProtoStar I Satellite

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Europe's heavy-lift rocket, the Ariane-5 ECA, has put another two commercial telecommunications satellites in orbit.
The ProtoStar I spacecraft will deliver high-definition TV and broadband services across Asia.
The BADR-6 satellite has been put up to provide telecoms, multimedia and internet services to the Middle East and Africa.
Ariane lifted off from Kourou in French Guiana at 1847 local time (2147 GMT).

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Ariane 5 ECA launched two comunication satellites

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Separation of ProtoStar-1 satellite at T + 27 minutes
Separation of BADR-6 satellite at T + 35 minutes

-- Edited by Blobrana at 23:28, 2008-07-07

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T plus 18 minutes

Signal acquired by Libreville tracking station

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16 minute Upper stage burn

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All systems are nominal

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Launch!

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All systems are green for go

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Final countdown underway for tonight's Ariane 5 launch

The Ariane 5 is ready for liftoff from the Spaceport's ELA-3 launch zone.

Arianespace has begun the final countdown for this evening's dual-payload Ariane 5 mission, which will mark the workhorse launcher's fourth flight of 2008.
This latest Ariane 5 mission will carry the ProtoStar I and BADR-6 telecommunications satellites.

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