An Ariane 5 carrying two telecommunication satellites -- Hispasat 1E and Koreasat 6 -- lifted off Wednesday from the launch zone based in Kourou in French Guiana. The launch of Ariane 5 was postponed from Tuesday due to a windy weather. This is Arianespace's year-end mission and the sixth flight of the heavy-lift Ariane 5.
Hispasat 1E is designed to serve Spanish operator Hispasat on television and value-added broadband services in mobile, land and maritime environments. The other satellite, Koreasat 6, was built by U.S. Orbital Sciences Corporation and Thales Alenia Space of France for South Korea's KT Corporation. It is to provide broadcasting and communications services across South Korea. Both are now in orbit.
"This latest successful Ariane 5 launch, the sixth in 2010, once again proves the launcher’s operational capabilities. Ariane 5 is the only commercial satellite launcher now on the market capable of simultaneously launching two payloads and handling a complete range of missions, from commercial launches into geostationary orbit to scientific satellites boosted into special orbits", Arianespace touts.
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