Arianespace Launches Ariane-5 Carrying ProtoStar 1 and BADR 6 Sa

Tags:: Rocket Launch Arianespace Ariane-5 Protostar 1 Satellites Spacevidcast

Edit Video Details

By: SpaceVidcast
Subscribers: 1
Updated: 10-Jan-09
Videos: 42

International
Comments: 0
Views: 575
Added: 14-Jul-08

Originally slated to launch on July 4th, 2008 this Arianespace Ariane-5 rocket ended up launch on July 7th, 2008 at 6:47pm local time in French Guiana.

Twenty-seven minutes after its launch f the rocket released ProtoStar 1 the first satellite for the new U.S.-based telecommunications company ProtoStar. Eight minutes later, the rocket released a BADR-6 satellite for Arabsat, the 21-nation telecommunications group of the Arab League, that is designed for direct television broadcasting to the Middle East and North Africa.

Links:
Protostar - http://www.protostarsat.com/
Arabsat - http://www.arabsat.com/Arabsat/English/default.htm