SGDC 1, Koreasat-7 (Mugungwa 7) – Ariane 5 ECA – Куру ELA-3 – 04.05.2017 21:50 UTC

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Spaceflight Now‏ @SpaceflightNow 2 мин. назад

Here's another view of the Ariane 5 rocket streaking into the evening sky tonight atop 2.9 million pounds of thrust.

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А что выведение в одно включение верхней ступени?

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Spaceflight101 LIVE‏ @S101_Live 19 сек. назад

Ascension is losing the signal from the #Ariane5, now passing through the second brief comm gap.

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05/05/2017 01:08
Plus+18 minutes. Everything is going well with the burn of the upper stage HM7B engine as the Ariane 5 races across the Atlantic Ocean at 8.34 kilometers per second, or about 18,600 mph.

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Spaceflight101 LIVE‏ @S101_Live 1 мин. назад

The Libreville ground station in Gabon on Africa's west coast has picked up the vehicle & will track through the end of the burn. #Ariane5

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05/05/2017 01:11
Plus+21 minutes. The upper stage will shut down at Plus+24 minutes, 57 seconds, after reaching a target orbit with a low point of 155 miles, a high point of 22,323 miles, and an inclination of 4 degrees. The rocket is now being tracked by a ground station in Libreville, Gabon.

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05/05/2017 01:13
Plus+24 minutes. The rocket is surpassing a speed of 20,500 mph. Shutdown of the upper stage is set for less than a minute from now. A tracking station in Malindi, Kenya, is now in contact with Ariane 5.

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05/05/2017 01:15
Plus+25 minutes, 10 seconds. The rocket's second stage shut down as scheduled. The upper stage is now maneuvering into the correct orientation for deployment of Brazil's SGDC satellite.

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Spaceflight101 LIVE‏ @S101_Live 1 мин. назад

SHUTDOWN - Powered flight is complete, #Ariane5 now entering its ballistics phase to set up for S/C Sep.

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Spaceflight101 LIVE‏ @S101_Live 1 мин. назад

The ESC-A has begun the re-orientation maneuver to the proper attitude for SGDC separation followed by longitudinal spin-up. #Ariane5

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Spaceflight101 LIVE‏ @S101_Live 55 сек. назад

Quick telemetry review indicates nominal performance by the #Ariane5 during the powered flight phase.

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05/05/2017 01:15  Orbital injection

Plus+25 minutes, 10 seconds. The rocket's second stage shut down as scheduled. The upper stage is now maneuvering into the correct orientation for deployment of Brazil's SGDC satellite.

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05/05/2017 01:20
Separation of SGDC confirmed, beginning an 18-year mission for the Brazilian government to provide broadband services for remote regions of the country and support military missions.

The Ariane 5's Sylda 5 dual payload adapter will be separated next, revealing the Koreasat 7 spacecraft for its deployment in a few minutes.

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05/05/2017 01:21
Plus+30 minutes. The Sylda dual-payload adapter has jettisoned, setting the stage for separation of Koreasat 7 at Plus+36 minutes, 46 seconds.

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Spaceflight101 LIVE‏ @S101_Live 1 мин. назад

The second stage has finished the re-orientation for KoreaSat-7 separation, coming up on spin-up to send the 2nd passenger on its way.

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