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Arianespace Ready for Liftoff

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the anxiously-awaiting-the-space-elevator dept.

stuckinarut writes to tell us Arianespace is reporting that their newest Ariane dual-satellite ECA mission rolled out of the assembly building and is set for a launch today (Nov 12) at 2345 GMT. This flight is set to demonstrate the massive lift capacity of nearly 10,000 kg and is currently the "only commercial vehicle that can launch two mainstream telecommunications satellite payloads on the same mission."

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  1. Ariane by ocularDeathRay · · Score: 0, Troll

    w00t! finally a blond haired/blue eyed satellite

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  2. elevator by joemawlma · · Score: 0, Troll

    offtopic troll me! Cool, let's fill that thing up with as much as it can handle and use the whole craft as a counter-weight for our soon to be constructed space elevator.