Year's first Ariane 5 lofts pair of satellites

An Ariane 5 carrying European and Japanese telecommunications satellites roared into orbit Thursday evening from its jungle launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana. Flight 140 lifted off on time at 5:51 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, and put the satellites into orbit a little more than half an hour later...

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