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Ariane 5G+ lift off. 12/2004

by

ESA/CNES/ Arianespace/CSG/Novapix

Reference

e-leu12-01001

Date

2007-11-30

The Ariane 5G+ performs an unusual daylight lift off from the Launch Zone (ZL-3) of the Ariane Launch Complex no.3 (ELA-3) at the Guiana Space Centre, Europe's space port, on December 18, 2004. On this flight (V165), the launcher successfully lofted the French Helios 2A military observation satellite to Sun-synchronous orbit together with six microsatellites.