Ariane 5 rocket launches INSAT 3A, Galaxy XII satellites

Arianespace successfully launched a pair of communications satellites on the company's Ariane 5 heavy-lift rocket at 6:52 p.m. EDT April 9 from the company's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The rocket deployed the Indian National Satellite System (INSAT) 3A satellite 27 minutes after liftoff...

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