Dishnut wrote:
> Thursday (5-03) Arianespace is set to launch, a Ariane 5 ECA (v.176)
> with ASTRA 1L for SES ASTRA and Galaxy 17 for Intelsat, from ELA-3,
> Kourou, French Guiana, South America.
>
> Launch is set for 6:29 p.m. EDT. with a window extending to 7:13 p.m. EDT.
>
> Spacecraft separation for ASTRA 1L is expected 27 minutes after lift
> off and 32 minutes after liftoff for Galaxy 17 .
>
> ASTRA 1L, is a A2100 AX platform,. built by Lockheed Martin Commercial
> Space Systems with 29 Ku-band active transponders and 2 Ka-band active
> transponders providing high-power satellite services across Europe.
> ASTRA 1L will be located at 19.2° East.
>
> Galaxy 17 is a Spacebus 3000 B3 platform built by Thales Alenia Space,
> has 24 Ku-band and 24 C-band transponders, providing television and
> telephony services for North America.Galaxy 17 will be located at 91°
> West or 99° West.
>
> DVB Broadcast coverage:
>
> Galaxy-3 at 95.0°W transponder 22C (4126.5 V) SR: 6.1113
>
> Broadcast starts around 6:09 p.m. EDT.
>
> If you dont have a dish, there will be a live webcast of the launch
> available at:
> http://www.videocorner.tv/index.php?langue=en
>
> Additional coverage at:
>
> http://www.spaceflightnow.com/ariane/v176/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
>
>
Due to unfavorable upper level winds exceeding safety margins, the
launch was scrubbed and rescheduled for Friday at the same time as
tonights window was.
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