Ariane Launch 13E

[Analoguesat]

Ariane Launch (French Guiana)

Hotbird 6

10853H
27500 3/4

FTA for this evenings launch of Hotbird10 & NSS9

Currently carrying a test card, the transmission will go live about half an hour before liftoff.

Launch window between 10:09 p.m. and 11:04 p.m. UK time.

 

[Analoguesat]

Heres a lovely pic of the Ariane 5 sitting on the launchpad. Grabbed on the dry run through the launch procedures

 

[Zorba]

178 km away and going at 7 km/s
cool

 

[Analoguesat]

Now going like the clappers over the Atlantic!

185km up and over 8km/s.

 

[batistawhc]

She was beautiful on launch next - STS-119 (thanks for info on DS re 10e)

 

[batistawhc]

She's solo Seperated!

 

[satelliteman]

Yep good launch, watched upto the HB seperation

 

[Analoguesat]

A fully successful mission. All 4 satellites (HB10, NSS9 & Spirale A / have safely been delivered to orbit.