Optus 10 ready for launch on Ariane 5 Flight VA218
Friday 29 August 2014
Arianespace has announced that the Optus 10 spacecraft has undergone its fit-check and fueling for a dual-passenger mission targeted for September 11 from French Guiana on Arianespace's Ariane 5 Flight VA218 mission. Optus 10 will be the sixth satellite launched by Arianespace for Optus and is outfitted for direct TV broadcast, internet connectivity, telephone and data transmission services across Australia and New Zealand. It will be joined on Arianespace's next mission by the MEASAT-3b relay platform, which will expand DTH broadcasting and VSAT services across Malaysia, India, Indonesia and Australia for Malaysian-based MEASAT.
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This is very critical because , earlier Optus 10 test failure forced to postpone the launch date.