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Ariane 5 VA206 lifted off at 00:13 CEST (22:13 GMT; 19:13 French Guiana) on 16 May from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. It carried two telecommunications satellites, JCSAT-13 and Vinasat-2, into their planned transfer orbits.
Half-shell of Ariane 4 fairing
Spare Ariane nose heads to new home
 
16 May 2012   A large piece of Europe’s retired Ariane 4 launcher left French Guiana last week on a long journey across the Atlantic for display in the Netherlands.
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Ariane 5’s second launch of 2012
 
16 May 2012   Early this morning, an Ariane 5 launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites, JCSAT-13 and Vinasat-2, into their planned transfer orbits.
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