Jacques van Oene
November 14th 05, 10:27 AM
November 13, 2005
Arianespace to reschedule its heavy-lift Ariane 5 ECA mission
Arianespace's dual-satellite Ariane 5 ECA mission will be rescheduled in the
coming days following minor problems with the ground support infrastructure
at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.
The Ariane 5 will be returned from the ELA-3 launch zone to the Spaceport's
final assembly building today to resolve the minor problems, which involve
the mobile launch table on which the heavy-lift vehicle is installed.
Both the Ariane 5 and its dual payload of Spaceway 2 for DIRECT TV and
Telkom 2 for PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia remain in a safe standby mode.
The Boeing-built Spaceway 2 will enable U.S. operator DIRECTV to bring local
high-definition programming to most of the U.S. population, as well as
expand its standard-definition local offerings.
Telkom 2 is an Orbital Sciences Corporation STAR 2 spacecraft platform, and
it will be used by Indonesia's PT Telkom to expand its satellite
communications coverage area into the ASEAN region and the Indian
subcontinent.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
Arianespace to reschedule its heavy-lift Ariane 5 ECA mission
Arianespace's dual-satellite Ariane 5 ECA mission will be rescheduled in the
coming days following minor problems with the ground support infrastructure
at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.
The Ariane 5 will be returned from the ELA-3 launch zone to the Spaceport's
final assembly building today to resolve the minor problems, which involve
the mobile launch table on which the heavy-lift vehicle is installed.
Both the Ariane 5 and its dual payload of Spaceway 2 for DIRECT TV and
Telkom 2 for PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia remain in a safe standby mode.
The Boeing-built Spaceway 2 will enable U.S. operator DIRECTV to bring local
high-definition programming to most of the U.S. population, as well as
expand its standard-definition local offerings.
Telkom 2 is an Orbital Sciences Corporation STAR 2 spacecraft platform, and
it will be used by Indonesia's PT Telkom to expand its satellite
communications coverage area into the ASEAN region and the Indian
subcontinent.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info