Ariane 5 is readied for its launch of the Helios 2B reconnaissance satellite

Arianespace?s wrap-up Ariane 5 flight of 2009 has entered final preparations for its liftoff next week with France?s Helios 2B military observation satellite.
This seventh launch of the year 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 [...]

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