Jacques van Oene
July 25th 05, 05:40 PM
July 25, 2005
The launch of Arianespace's next Ariane 5 has been set for the early morning
hours of August 11 from the Spaceport in French Guiana, carrying the largest
commercial telecommunications satellite ever to be placed in geostationary
transfer orbit.
Arianespace set the new launch date after the completion of additional
checks and work on components of the launcher. During this activity, the
Ariane 5 Generic vehicle and its THAICOM 4 (IPSTAR) payload have remained in
a safe condition inside the Spaceport's final assembly building.
The heavyweight THAICOM 4 (IPSTAR) will have a mass at liftoff of more than
6,500 kg. (14,000 lb.). Built by Space Systems/Loral for Shin Satellite, Plc
of Thailand, THAICOM 4 (IPSTAR) is to provide enterprises and consumers with
various levels of Internet access services throughout Asia, Australia and
New Zealand - competing with terrestrial cable modems and digital subscriber
lines.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
The launch of Arianespace's next Ariane 5 has been set for the early morning
hours of August 11 from the Spaceport in French Guiana, carrying the largest
commercial telecommunications satellite ever to be placed in geostationary
transfer orbit.
Arianespace set the new launch date after the completion of additional
checks and work on components of the launcher. During this activity, the
Ariane 5 Generic vehicle and its THAICOM 4 (IPSTAR) payload have remained in
a safe condition inside the Spaceport's final assembly building.
The heavyweight THAICOM 4 (IPSTAR) will have a mass at liftoff of more than
6,500 kg. (14,000 lb.). Built by Space Systems/Loral for Shin Satellite, Plc
of Thailand, THAICOM 4 (IPSTAR) is to provide enterprises and consumers with
various levels of Internet access services throughout Asia, Australia and
New Zealand - competing with terrestrial cable modems and digital subscriber
lines.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info