from skyreport.com
A Delay for Spaceway Launch
A technical issue with one of two satellites slated for launch on the
night of June 24 has resulted in a change of Arianespace's mission
scheduling.
The next launch is now set for the night of Thursday, July 7, using an
Ariane 5 vehicle to orbit the IPStar satellite for Thailand's Shinsat
telecommunications operator. Originally, DirecTV's Spaceway 2 satellite
was set to fly on the Ariane vehicle.
A DirecTV spokesperson said the company is in discussions with
Arianespace about the re-scheduling development, and that the company's
goal is to launch Spaceway 2 in July. The delay is not tied to an issue
aboard the Spaceway satellite, which has been ready for launch for two
months.
The Spaceway spacecraft is one of four satellites DirecTV is launching
during a two-year period as part of an in-orbit expansion. The
satellites will enable DirecTV to deliver more than 1,500 local and more
than 150 national HD channels and other advanced programming services to
consumers nationwide by 2007.
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Arianespace Provides Details on SpaceWay Launch Delay
Arianespace provided more detail concerning the pending launch of
DirecTV's SpaceWay 2 satellite, saying it's studying all available
options to execute the mission as early as possible.
SpaceWay 2 was going to share a flight with Indonesia's Telkom-2
satellite, but a technical problem was discovered on the second
spacecraft during pre-launch testing at Arianespace's Guiana Space
Center in Kourou, French Guiana. Orbital Sciences Corporation, which
built Telkom-2, is returning the spacecraft to its facility in Dulles,
Va., for additional work.
That has placed the DirecTV launch on hold. The next launch is now set
for the night of Thursday, July 7, using an Ariane 5 vehicle to orbit
the IPStar satellite for Thailand's Shinsat telecommunications operator.
DirecTV's SpaceWay 2 satellite, manufactured by Boeing, has successfully
completed all pre-flight testing and is now ready for fueling,
Arianespace said. Spaceway 2 will be placed on stand-by for a future launch.
DirecTV said earlier in the week it hopes to fly the SpaceWay 2
satellite sometime in July.
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