Press Release: Next Ariane 5 mission set to launch Sky MusterTM and GSAT-18 satellites

Wednesday 5 October, Ariane 5 will lift off from the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, to place two new telecommunications satellites into orbit: Sky MusterTM II for Australian operator nbn and GSAT-18 for the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). This will be Ariane 5’s fifth flight in 2016, its 88th flight in all, and the eighth launch this year from the CSG.