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Ariane 5 Campaign Gathers Pace For December Launch
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Nov 24, 2005 The build-up of another Ariane 5 launcher is now underway at Europe's Spaceport for a dual-payload mission scheduled in the second half of December. This upcoming flight will use an Ariane 5 Generic vehicle, and will carry the no. 2 Meteosat Second Generation (MSG-2) meteorological satellite for Europe, along with the INSAT 4A telecommunications spacecraft for the Indian Space Research Organisation. The Ariane 5's cryogenic core stage has now been positioned over the massive mobile launch table, where it will be mated with the vehicle's two solid rocket motors. Follow the launch campaign activity for this final Ariane 5 flight of 2005 by reading the regular Mission Updates on Arianespace's website. Related Links Arianespace SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express
AMC-23 Satellite Slated For December 6 Launch Princeton NJ (SPX) Nov 22, 2005 The Americom-23 (AMC-23) satellite was delivered to Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on November 4 to be readied for its Proton/Breeze M launch scheduled for the morning of December 6, local time (evening of December 5 EST). |
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