The European Ariane 5 rocket has blasted off from a base in French Guiana to deliver into orbit the US telecommunications satellite DIRECTV-14 and India's GSAT-16.
The Arianespace launch says Saturday's launch, delayed for two days by bad weather, took place at the European Spaceport in Kourou.
This was the sixth launch of its kind so far this year.
The Ariane 5, which blasted off with a total cargo of 10,200kg, was taking into orbit the DIRECTV-14 to provide high-definition images to 31 million television viewers in the United States and Latin America.
The GSAT-16, designed by the Indian Space Research Organisation to keep working for 12 years, will boost telecommunications transmissions on the Indian subcontinent, Arianespace said.
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