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Arianespace’s workhorse Ariane 5 rocket closed out 27 years of operations with the successful deployments of two European government communications satellites into geosynchronous transfer orbits. The 117th and final Ariane 5 lifted off at 6 p.m. EDT (7 p.m. local time) on July 5 from the Guiana...
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