[October 29, 2009] 1st Writethru: Arianespace shoots two commercial satellites Tweet PARIS, Oct 29, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- European Space Agency launched two telecommunication satellites NSS-12 and THOR 6 aboard Ariane 5 ECA launcher at 2000 GMT Thursday from Arianespace in Kourou, French Guiana. Ariane 5 was ignited at the South American jungle of Kourou, with two direct broadcast satellites on mission: NSS-12, for the operator of SES World Skies, a cross-continent satellite operator, and THOR 6 for Norwegian mobile operator Telenor. The two satellites respectively separated from the white launcher 26 minutes after the blasting off. They will enter the eostationary transfer orbits in a few days, according to the live webcast of Arianespace headquartered near Paris. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]