Category: Aeronautics and Astronautics

Topic: Launches

Event Format: Rocket Launch

Date: May 15, 2012

Location: Carbet Toukan, Kourou GF

Arianespace will orbit a direct broadcast and a communications satellite on its second Ariane 5 launch of the year: JCSAT-13 for the Japanese operator SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, and VINASAT-2 for Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT), within the scope of a turnkey contract with American manufacturer Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems (LMCSS). Both satellites were built by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems.

Launch Window: Between 6:13 p.m. and 8:13 p.m. EDT (10:13 p.m. and 12:13 a.m GMT)

Web Site Address: http://www.arianespace.com/

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