Delayed release of two satellites with Ariane-5 missiles

On November 9, Arianespace, the world's leading satellite launch service provider, said the launch of two Spaceway 2 and Telkom 2 satellites with Arian-5 ECA missiles is expected to take place on 2 nights of November 10 and 11. / 11 will be postponed 48 h.

The reason given by this company is to have time to conduct additional tests. Accordingly, the launch of 2 satellites (scheduled for Friday, from 0h55 to 1h29) will be done on Saturday and Sunday nights.

With a weight of 6.1 tons on take-off, Spaceway – 2 will be launched according to the orders of American company Direc TV to ensure television services in the US. Telkom-2 weighing nearly 2 tons will be launched at the request of Indonesia's PT Telkom-2 and will provide telecommunications services to Indonesia.

The 10-ton Arian-5 ECA missile is considered the most powerful missile ever. The satellite launch route is scheduled to take place on June 24, 2005, but has been backed up due to technical problems of one of the two satellites.