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The Large Deployable Reflector Small-sized Partial Model 2 (LDREX-2) launched by the Ariane 5 launch vehicle at 5:56 a.m. on Oct. 14, 2006 (Japan Standard Time, JST,) the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) confirmed the antenna deployment by images acquired at the Malindi Station in the Republic of Kenya.

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It is expected to take a week to 10 days to find the final result of the deployment experiment as JAXA have to analyse telemetry data acquired during the experiment. They will release the result as soon as the analysis is completed.

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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) would like to announce that we were informed by Arianespace that the Ariane 5 launch vehicle carrying our Large Deployable Reflector Small-sized Partial Model 2 (LDREX-2) for experiments in space was launched at 5:56 a.m. on Oct. 14, 2006 (Japan Standard Time, JST) from French Guiana, South America, and flew normally.
Information on the LDREX-2 deployment experiment will be reported as soon as we receive the test data that is expected to be available no earlier than Oct. 16 (JST.)

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The latest successful launch of an Ariane 5, the fourth in 2006, confirms that Arianespace sets the global standard for launch services, with solutions meeting the needs of operators around the world.
Today, Ariane 5 is the only commercial launcher in service capable of simultaneously launching two primary payloads, plus a scientific experiment, and giving customers the performance, flexibility and competitiveness they expect.
With this launch, Ariane has now boosted into orbit satellites weighing more than 600 metric tons.

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Europe's heavy-lift Ariane 5-ECA rocket has put three satellites in orbit.
Two of the boosted spacecraft will transmit TV services to America and Australia. The third is a test platform for the Japanese space agency.
The flight from Kourou in French Guiana was the fourth mission of the year for Arianespace, the company charged with operating Europe's launchers.
The ECA has the power to push payloads of 10 tonnes towards a geostationary orbit, 36,000km above the Earth.
The total payload at lift-off for this flight was just short of the maximum for the 50m-long rocket.
The vehicle left Kourou at 1756 local time (2056 GMT).
Each satellite was released separately - the first 27 minutes into the mission and the last, 32 minutes after lift-off.

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The LDREX-2 test satellite has been successfully deployed

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The LDREX-2 deployment will be conducted over the next hour.

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Separation of second satellite, Optus D1.

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Optus D1 will be released at T plus 32 minutes.


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Separation of first satellite, DirecTV 9S

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Forth tracking station at Malinde picking up the signal
Upper stage finished.

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T plus 25 minutes

Second tracking station at Ascension picked up the signal, now picked up by Libreville

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