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Europe's normally highly dependable rocket, the Ariane 5, experienced an anomaly during its latest launch.<\/p>\n

Telemetry from the vehicle was lost about nine minutes into its flight from French Guiana, shortly after its upper-stage began the final push for orbit.<\/p>\n

Uncertainty then followed as controllers tried to determine the status of Ariane and the satellites it was carrying.<\/p>\n

Eventually, though, radio signals from the spacecraft were picked up.<\/p>\n

It seems the rocket did do its job \u2013 but beyond the sight of controllers on the ground.<\/p>\n

Arianespace, the company that operates the Ariane 5 from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana, issued the following statement late on Thursday, local time: "The launcher's liftoff took place\u2026 at 7:20pm," it read. <\/p>\n

"A few seconds after ignition of the upper-stage, the second tracking station located in Natal, Brazil, did not acquire the launcher telemetry. <\/p>\n

"This lack of telemetry lasted throughout the rest of powered flight.<\/p>\n

"Subsequently, both satellites were confirmed separated, acquired and they are on orbit. [The two satellites] are communicating with their respective control centres. Both missions are continuing."<\/p>\n

One satellite is owned by Luxembourg-based operator SES, the other belongs to Abu Dhabi-based Yahsat. They are both telecommunications platforms.<\/p>\n

The SES satellite, called SES-14, was manufactured in the UK by Airbus at its Portsmouth and Stevenage plants.<\/p>\n

What is not yet completely clear is if the two satellites separated from the upper-stage of the Ariane in the right part of the sky.<\/p>\n

If they were released at a less than optimal altitude, this could make it difficult for them to reach their final, planned stations some 36,000km above the planet.<\/p>\n

The SES satellite does however have electric propulsion. This is a slow but very efficient means of raising the orbit of the spacecraft and would give it a very good chance of recovering any orbital shortfall. <\/p>\n

Yahsat's spacecraft, Al Yah-3, on the other hand, has a more conventional chemical propulsion system, which could make it harder to reach its station if the separation from the rocket was significantly off mark.<\/p>\n

What happened during Thursday's flight was a highly unusual occurrence.<\/p>\n

Although, famously, the Ariane 5 failed on its very first outing in 1996, it has since set a benchmark for reliability in the launcher business. <\/p>\n

Before this flight it had gone to space 82 times on the trot without mishap.<\/p>\n

An inquiry will try to determine what exactly went wrong and assess whether any changes are required to the vehicle's design to ensure there is no repeat telemetry loss in future.<\/p>\n

On the current calendar, the Ariane 5 is due to make up to six more launches this year. <\/p>\n

Jonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos<\/a><\/p>\n

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