Ariane 5 Campaign Gathers Pace For December Launch

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File photo of an Ariane 5 Generic vehicle.

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.

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