Integration of the upper portion of Ariane 5’s dual-passenger “stack” has been completed, with the Arabsat-5C satellite and SYLDA dispenser system now encapsulated inside the launcher’s payload fairing in preparation for the September 9 Arianespace mission from French Guiana.
This encapsulation occurred today at the Spaceport’s Final Assembly Building, adjacent to where the Ariane 5 is waiting to receive Arabsat-5C and the mission’s co-passenger, SES-2.