The go-ahead is given for Arianespace’s heavy-lift Ariane 5 mission to orbit EUTELSAT 25B/Es’hail 1 and GSAT-7

Arianespace’s fourth Ariane 5 mission of 2013 has been approved for liftoff on Thursday with two communications satellites to provide relay coverage over the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, along with the Indian land mass.