Hi Paul.... Kicking myself here as I found the Arianespace sat tv feed ten minutes into the launch , quite by accident. I thought it strange that most of the audience were in mil uniform , but for some reason I determined it was a replay of a past launch , and didnt bother watching it .. Agghhhhhh ! John ----- Original Message ----- From: "paul" <astro@pgog.net> To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 7:17 AM Subject: Fr Helios 2A > was info re this posted, maybe I missed it? > what's the elset? > > http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=343207 > PARIS Dec 18, 2004 A European rocket roared into space from a pad in > South America on Saturday, placing into orbit a surveillance satellite > billed as giving France's military new abilities to spy worldwide. > The unmanned craft lifted off smoothly from a launch center in Kourou, > French Guiana, at 1:36 p.m. the third and last launch of an Ariane-5 > rocket this year, Arianespace said. > The satellite and six smaller scientific ones were placed into orbit about > an hour after liftoff. It was the first time in 11 years that an Ariane > rocket carried as many as seven satellites on a single launch. > The Helios 2A military satellite, the rocket's main cargo, is to rotate in > sun-synchronous orbit around 435 miles above the Earth, Arianespace said. > > 2004 Dec 19 07:16 UT > 04354.303 Norad > @ 345.11 .beats > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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