Ariane 5 Orbits Communications Satellites For U.S., India

PARIS—European launch consortium Arianespace launched two telecommunications satellites atop an Ariane 5 ECA heavy-lift rocket Dec. 6, delivering the DirecTV-14 spacecraft and India’s GSAT-16 to geostationary transfer orbit. Following liftoff at 5:40 p.m. local time from Europe’s Guiana Space Center...

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