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Ariane 5 ECA | JCSAT-17 & GEO-KOMPSAT-2B

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An Ariane 5 rocket launching the JSAT-17 and GEO-KOMPSAT-2B satellites. The rocket's bright plume darkens the sky, while the orange flames shooting out of the white rocket's engines engulf the launch pad.
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JCSAT-17 & GEO-KOMPSAT-2B | Ariane 5 ECA

Arianespace SA is a launch provider company,  which is majority-owned by its parent company “ArianeGroup”, a combined undertaking between Airbus and the French group Safran. For this mission, in particular, Arianespace is getting paid by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)  and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation to put both of their satellites into an orbit only 35,786 km (22,236 miles).