Soyuz ST A Launches SES 15 Multi Purpose Communications Satellite

Video Credit: Arianespace A Russianbuilt Soyuz Rocket lifted off from the Guiana Space Center at 11:54 UTC on May 18, 2017 carrying out its second Geostationary Transfer Mission from Europe s space port on the edge of the Amazon jungle. Riding atop the workhorse launcher was the SES15 satellite hosting a hybrid communications payload to provide Internet and television services from a new orbital slot at 129 degrees West, plus GPS augmentation services over the United States.