Arianespace is set to launch, a Ariane 5 ECA (v.174)with Skynet 5A military communications satellite for the British Ministry of Defense and INSAT 4B direct-to-home broadcasting satellite for India, from ELA-3, Kourou, French Guiana, South America.
Launch is set for 5:25 p.m. EST. with a window extending to 5:58 p.m. EST. Spacecraft separation for Skynet 5A is expected 26 minutes after lift off and 31 minutes after liftoff for INSAT 4B. Unfortunately there will be no satellite broadcast to North America, but there will be a webcast of the launch available at: http://www.videocorner.tv/index.php?langue=en Broadcast starts around 5:05 p.m. EST. Additional coverage at: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ariane/v175/status.html http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/launches/next_launch.html http://www.arianespace.com/site/news/news_sub_missionupdate_index.html http://www.arianespace.com/site/news/news_sub_launchkit_index.html -- Dishnut-P ==================================================================== Operator of RadioFree Dishnuts - Producer of The Dishnut News heard Saturdays at 10pm EST. on RFD, W0KIE Satellite Radio Network Galaxy-26 (T6) Transponder 1 / 6.2 & 6.8Mhz (4DTV T6-999) WTND-LP 106.3, and many micro LPFM stations. http://dishnuts.net RFD Listen Links: http://dishnuts.net/#Listen Show Archives: (Partly Up) http://dishnuts.net/archive/ **In Loving Memory of Mom (Dishnut Gerry)**
