{"id":227224,"date":"2011-05-19T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:feeds.feedburner.com:\/\/1ac54ca4443bc6f6401f71a762911bd1"},"modified":"2011-05-19T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-20T00:00:00","slug":"arianespace-launches-st-2-and-gsat-8-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=227224","title":{"rendered":"Arianespace launches ST-2 and GSAT-8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ariane 5 soared to another success today, orbiting spacecraft for Asia and India on Arianespace\u0092s third heavy-lift mission of 2011. <\/p>\n<p>Lifting off from Europe\u0092s Spaceport in French Guiana, the Ariane 5 ECA deployed its dual-satellite payload of ST-2 and GSAT-8 during a 31-minute mission \u0096 which also marked the 44th consecutive on-target flight for this workhorse launch vehicle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Arianespace?a=uX60nyfT5qs:lzO0WeJTIcM:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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