Ariane 5 rocket launched from French Guiana, carries 2 telecom satellites into orbit

The European space consortium Arianespace has launched two television broadcasting satellites into orbit from its Guiana Space Center in South America. One satellite taken aloft Saturday by an Ariane 5 ECA rocket is owned by Luxembourg-based SES Astra. The other is owned by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems of the U.S. under contract for Japan’s B-SAT Corp. and SKY Perfect JSAT Corp. More

(Source: Washington Post - Aug 7)