ARIANE 5 ROLLS OUT TO THE LAUNCH ZONE WITH HELIOS 2B
8 Dec 2009, 00:00 UTC
Ariane 5 is ready for its seventh flight of 2009 following today's rollout to the ELA-3 launch facility from the Final Assembly Building at Europe's Spaceport. Liftoff of the Ariane 5 GS is set for 1:26 p.m., with the French Helios 2B being injected into a Sun-synchronous polar orbit during a mission lasting 59 min., 23 sec.
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