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Maxar Technologies confirmed that Galaxy 35 and Galaxy 36, built for Intelsat, are performing as expected after launch aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from Arianespace’s launch base in French Guiana.
Galaxy 35 and Galaxy 36 were built by Maxar Technologies for Intelsat and were launched aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from Arianespace’s launch base in French Guiana.
Arianespace launched a triple payload on 2022-12-13 from Kourou, French Guiana on a heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket to geostationary transfer orbit.
During Ariane 5 launch campaigns, Arianespace works closely with the French space agency CNES, which is the design authority for Ariane 5 and is responsible for satellite preparation facilities and the launch base.
ArianeGroup delivers a flightworthy launcher on the launch pad to its subsidiary Arianespace, which sells and operates Ariane 5 from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana.
Galaxy 35, Galaxy 36, and MTG-I1 were the 1146th, 1147th, and 1148th satellites launched by Arianespace respectively.
Arianespace operated an Ariane 5 launcher that lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on 2022-12-13 at 5:30 p.m. local time.
Ariane 6’s incremental development is intended to regularly improve the performance of the launch solutions offered by Arianespace for institutional and commercial customers.
Arianespace signed a contract with Intelsat to launch two satellite payloads, IS-41 and IS-44, on the heavy-lift Ariane 64 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana in 2025.
Arianespace had previously used Russian Soyuz rockets to deploy 32–36 satellites per launch before its launch agreement with OneWeb was suspended in March amid Russia's war in Ukraine.
The European Commission awarded a contract to Arianespace on 2022-11-29 for launches of five Copernicus Earth observation spacecraft on Vega C rockets between 2024 and 2026.
Ariane 6’s incremental development program is intended to regularly improve the performance of the launch solutions offered by Arianespace to institutional and commercial customers.
Arianespace won a contract in April to launch Sentinel-1C on a Vega C in 2023.
Arianespace signed a contract with Intelsat to launch two satellite payloads, IS-41 and IS-44, on the Ariane 64 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana in 2025.
Arianespace will take the upper composite of the Vega C launcher back to the payload preparation facilities and open the payload fairing to replace the defective equipment.
Arianespace discovered the defective equipment on Vega C while the rocket was being armed in Kourou, French Guiana, to launch the final two satellites for Airbus’ Pléiades Neo constellation on 2022-11-24.
Arianespace is delaying the first commercial flight of Europe’s upgraded Vega C rocket by nearly a month to replace defective equipment.
Arianespace launched the Konnect VHTS satellite for Eutelsat in September to provide 500 gigabits per second of Ka-band throughput to European markets.
Arianespace will launch the EAGLE-1 satellite for SES on a Vega C rocket from French Guiana as early as 2024-10-01.
Arianespace will launch its final three Ariane 5 missions next year, including ESA’s Juice mission to Jupiter, and will then transition to the first launch of the Ariane 6.