VINASAT-2 is approved for launch

The Ariane 5 rocket launch plan carries Vietnamese VINASAT-2 satellite pairs and JCSAT-13 was approved by the Arianespace Space Port in French Guiana (South America) at the early morning of the 16th. 5 to Vietnam time.

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The approval decision was made after the appraisal process on May 13, (Vietnam time) on the ready state of the launch plan.

The assessment score is in the 'green light' status for the Ariane 5 launch vehicle, the two satellites JCSAT-13 and VINASAT-2, the Arianespace port infrastructure and the network of low-level monitoring stations ( to control the missile's trajectory when launched.

The window of the launcher for VINASAT-2 is defined from
5: 13m in the morning to 7:30 am in the morning of May 16, Vietnam time.

In this approval decision, the launch window (launch window) for the mission carrying the serial number VA206 of VINASAT-2 is still 5h13 -7h13m in the morning of May 16 (VN time).

The reason for this launch time frame is because in the process of transporting missiles to launchers, continuously pumping fuel into the missile body (until 5 minutes before the launch time) stops potential problems that may arise. .

In addition, there is an extremely important factor deciding the time of launch: weather conditions. If thunderstorms occur, launch time will be adjusted backwards to ensure safety.

Therefore, the weather forecasting system of Arianespace Space Center is extremely modern equipped to be able to accurately predict every minute.