Nov 30 2018
Arianespace integrates GSAT-11 and GEO-KOMPSAT-2A for next week’s Ariane 5 launch
The Ariane 5 launch vehicle for Arianespace’s 10th mission of 2018 is now fully assembled following integration of its two satellite passengers at the Spaceport in French Guiana. During activity in Ariane 5’s Final Assembly Building, the upper payload component – containing GSAT-11, mounted on its SYLDA dispenser system and protected by an ogive-shaped fairing […]
Mar 19 2019
Arabsat 6A to launch April 7
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the Arabsat 6A communications satellite, built by Lockheed Martin, from Kennedy Space Center on April 7. The satellite will deliver television, internet and mobile phone services to the Middle East, Africa and Europe. Arabsat-6A is part of the two-satellite Arabsat-6G programme for Arabsat. The 13,200-lb. (6,000 kilograms) Arabsat […]
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By Expat • Satellite Launches, Saudi Arabia • Tags: Arabsat 6A, Kennedy Space Center, SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket