Flight VA223 – DirecTV-15 / SKY México-1 | Ariane 5 Launch | Arianespace

Описание: Two direct-to-home television broadcast satellites that will provide expanded relay capacity over the Americas have been orbited on Arianespace’s latest success with its Ariane 5 launcher, performed today from the Spaceport in French Guiana.

Lifting off from the Spaceport’s ELA-3 launch complex, the workhorse vehicle deployed its two spacecraft passengers – DirecTV-15 for DIRECTV of the U.S. and SKY México’s SKY México-1 – during a flight lasting approximately 38 minutes. This mission’s total lift performance was estimated at 9,960 kg.

While dual-payload deployments are a trademark of Ariane 5 missions, today’s flight was unique – with both passengers focusing on the same application (direct-to-home television broadcast) and scheduled to operate above the same area of the world (the Americas).

Arianespace Chairman and CEO Stéphane Israël, who commented from the Spaceport’s mission control center, put emphasis on Arianespace’s long-standing service to the Americas, and particularly the United States – orbiting commercial payloads, and contributing to various cooperation programs with the U.S. government by providing launch services for scientific satellites, cargo vehicles to the International Space Station and security payloads.

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