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Arianespace launches two Australian and Indian communication satellites
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6 October 2016
Global launch service provider Arianespace has launched two satellites, Sky Muster II and GSAT-18, for Australian operator National Broadband Network (nbn) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) respectively.
Both the satellites were lifted off aboard an Ariane 5 launch vehicle from Guiana Space Centre (CSG) in Kourou, French Guiana.
Scheduled to undergo final technical testing over the upcoming months, the Sky Muster II satellite will provide fast broadband services to nearly 400,000 Australian homes and businesses. Thanks to everybody at Arianespace for this eighth successful launch of 2016.
Launched during Ariane 5’s 74
th consecutive mission, the satellite is the eighth satellite that Arianespace has launched for Australia.