Arianespace has successfully launched
JCSAT-12 for Japan’s Sky Perfect JSAT and Optus D3 destined to be co located with Optus C1 at 156 East.
The launch was made using the Ariane 5 launcher from French Guinea with a one hour launch window starting at 22:09GMT, (08:09 AEST). A replay of the succesful launch is viewable on the web at http://www.videocorner.tv/.
The Optus D3 satellite will allow a quite significant capacity increase for customers locatedin Australia and New Zealand with Pay TV provider Foxtel already announcing 20 additional services to be added to their platform by the end of …

HOT BIRD 10

When you need to fix a satellite there is only one way to do it. Launch another one!
Fancy watching the behind the scenes of a satellite launch? From payload integration to training with the French Foreign Legion who guard the launch site, National Geographic’s World’s Toughest Fixes has it all promises to be a must see for the sat enthusiast. 
The show, due to air from the 4th June, takes a behind the scenes look at the launch of the $250m HOT BIRD 10 satellite on an Ariane 5 rocket. …