Liftoff of Ariane VA206
Early in the morning of 16 May 2012, an Ariane 5 launcher lifted off from Europe s Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites, JCSAT13 and Vinasat2, into their planned transfer orbits. Liftoff of flight VA206, the 62nd Ariane 5 mission, came at 22:13 GMT (00:13 CEST; 19:13 French Guiana). The target injection orbit had a perigee altitude of 249. 9 km, an apogee altitude at injection of 35 911 km and an inclination of 2. The satellites were accurately injected in
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