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Ariane 5 – Largest-ever telecommunications satellite launched
 
1 July 2009

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Ariane 5 ECA V189 liftoff
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Liftoff of the Ariane 5 ECA of flight V189 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place the heaviest and most powerful telecommunications satellite ever launched, TerreStar 1, into geostationary transfer orbit.

Credits: ESA / CNES / Arianespace / Optique vidéo du CSG - S. Martin 2009
 
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Liftoff of the Ariane 5 ECA of flight V189 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place the heaviest and most powerful telecommunications satellite ever launched, TerreStar 1, into geostationary transfer orbit.

Credits: Arianespace, 2009
 
 
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