Ariane 5 performs 50th successful launch in a row
Thursday, August 2, 2012 - 17:30
in Astronomy & Space
Tonight marked the 50th successful Ariane flight in a row: an Ariane 5 was launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana to perform a dual deployment of two telecommunications satellites, Intelsat 20 and Hylas-2, into their planned transfer orbits.