Arianespace needs to get its primary launcher back in operation as soon as possible.
Nonetheless, Arianespace, the company that operates the Ariane 5, hopes to complete another two missions before the year is out.
The Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology has signed a contract with Arianespace to launch its VNREDSat-1A satellite.
And the "European Soyuz" should be a fillip for Arianespace, the company set up to market and operate the Ariane rockets.
At the same time, Arianespace would find efficiencies in operating a single model of rocket to carry out every type of mission.
"Arianespace Flight 142 placed its dual satellite payload in a lower than desired orbit following a problem with the launcher's upper stage, " the statement said.
The Esa ministerial council outcome was warmly welcomed by Jean-Yves Le Gall, the man who heads up Arianespace, the commercial operator of Europe's big rocket.
With a new small vehicle called Vega also set to debut early next year, Arianespace will soon offer the full portfolio of launch services from CSG.
Following Wednesday's flight, Tony Navarra, Globalstar's president of global operations, was quick to thank the Soyuz team and Arianespace, the French company that markets commercial Soyuz launches through its Starsem subsidiary.
"After a good flight of the solid boosters and core cryogenic stage, there was a problem with the upper stage and the desired orbit was not attained, " Arianespace Chairman and CEO Jean-Marie Luton announced after the mission.
With all three vehicles, Arianespace, the company that runs Kourou, will now be able to offer satellite operators a ride for any type of spacecraft to all kinds of orbit - from the low, pole-crossing orbits used by Earth observation missions, to the high, geostationary locations favoured by big telecommunications platforms.
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