November 18, Friday NASA Television
3 a.m. - ISS Expedition 12 Soyuz Relocation Coverage (undocking is
scheduled at 3:41 a.m. and redocking is scheduled at 4:20 a.m.) - JSC
(Mission Coverage)

** 17 November **

Ariane 5 ECA launch a success - Boosts record payload into orbit: During
the night of Wednesday, November 16 to Thursday, November 17, Arianespace
placed two satellites into geostationary transfer orbit: the Spaceway 2
high-definition direct broadcast satellite for the American operator
DIRECTV, and the TELKOM 2 communications satellite for the Indonesian
operator PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk.

20th successful Ariane 5 launch, 10th in a row, record payload.

Today's mission sets a new record for commercial launches: with over 8,000
kg injected into orbit, the Spaceway 2 and Telkom 2 satellites represent
the heaviest dual payload ever launched.

Today, Ariane 5 is the only commercial launcher in service capable of
simultaneously launching two payloads. Ariane 5 ECA offers a payload
capacity of nearly 10,000 kg into geostationary transfer orbit, giving
Arianespace's customers enhanced performance, flexibility and
competitiveness through the best launch service in the world

video launch 300k Full Coverage (FileFactory)

video - The lifoff

video - The best off launch

video - Payloads

video - Speeches and comments launch

http://space-tv.6x.to/

John



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