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Ariane 5 ECA lift off. 05/2006

author: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Novapix

reference: e-leu12-01200

Image Size 300 DPI: 20 * 29 cm

An Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifts off from the Ariane Launch Complex no.3 (ELA-3) of the Guiana Space Centre, Europe's space port, on May 27, 2006. On this flight (V171), two communication satellites were lifted to orbit: SatMex 6, and Thaicom 5. The Ariane 5 ECA is a major upgrade of the Ariane 5 design to increase its payload capacity to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) to 10 metric tons compared to 6.8 tons for the initial Ariane 5G version.

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2006 - ARIANE - ARIANE 5 - ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE - ELA-3 - FRENCH GUIANA - KOUROU - LAUNCH - LAUNCH PAD - LAUNCHER - ROCKET - SPACE CENTER -