ESA sucessfully launched the Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Space Port in French Guiana with three payloads onboard. The new version of Ariane 5 rocket, with upgraded twin solid boosters, is designed to lift payloads of up to 10 tonnes to geostationary orbit. Today, 3600-kg commercial X-band communication satellite, the SloshSat-FLEVO minisatellite and the Maqsat B2 instrumented model were injected into the predicted transfer orbit.

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