ARIANESPACE'S LAST ARIANE 5 FLIGHT OF 2009 ENTERS FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR LIFTOFF
2 Dec 2009, 00:00 UTC
Ariane 5 is being readied for its year-end launch with France's Helios 2B military observation satellite. This seventh mission of 2009 is set for 1:26 p.m. on December 9 from the Spaceport in French Guiana, with its payload to be injected into a Sun-synchronous polar orbit during a mission lasting 59 min., 23 sec.
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