News Archive / Tagged: Intelsat 33e

• Aerojet Rocketdyne rocket engines support Intelsat 33e mission

  Jose FloresMarch 7th, 2017

  Boeing-built Intelsat 33e, which launched on Aug. 24, 2016, aboard an Ariane 5 rocket on mission VA232 from Guiana Space Centre, is undergoing in-flight maneuvers using rocket engines made by Aerojet Rocketdyne.

• Ariane 5 lofts two communications satellites for Intelsat

  Tomasz NowakowskiAugust 24th, 2016

  Thundering off the launch pad at Kourou in French Guiana, an Ariane 5 booster took to the skies on Wednesday, Aug. 24, to deliver the Intelsat 33e and Intelsat 36 communications satellites into orbit. The mission, designated VA232 in Arianespace’s numbering system, lifted off at 5:55 p.m. EDT (21:55 GMT) from the Ariane Launch Complex No. 3 (ELA 3).