Ariane 5 tops its payload record with the 72nd consecutive successful launch

Ariane 5 ECA Launch. Courtesy: Arianespace Kourou, 18 June 2016. With Airbus Safran Launchers as industrial lead contractor , Ariane 5 has just concluded  its 72nd consecutive successful launch and beaten its own commercial  performance record by carrying a payload of more than 10.7 tonnes to geostationary transfer orbit The 230th Ariane 5 launcher lifted...