Complex sentence: Arabsat-1C the third satellite of the series, was launched by Ariane on 26 February 1992, as a stop-gap measure to maintain network services until the Arabsat second generation spacecraft became available.
Split into simpler sentences: Arabsat-1C the third satellite of the series, was launched by Ariane on 26 February 1992. As a stop-gap measure to maintain network services until the Arabsat second generation spacecraft became available.