Ariane 5 Launches Two Direct-Broadcast Birds

Engineers in Luxembourg and Japan are checking out two new direct-broadcast television satellites following their tandem launch Aug. 6 on an Ariane 5 from the European spaceport near Kourou, French Guiana. Astra 1N and BSAT-3c/JCSAT-11OR weighed a combined 8,240 kg (18,200 lb.) at liftoff. With...

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