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Arianespace launch 194 – ASTRA 3B & COMSATBw-2: Liftoff is set for Friday, April 9, 2010

Evry, France, April 6, 2010

Following additional checks, Arianespace has decided to restart the final countdown for its mission with the ASTRA 3B and COMSATBw-2 satellites.

Liftoff of the Ariane 5 launcher is now set for the night of Friday, April 9, as early as possible in the following launch window:
From 6:59 p.m. to 7:48 p.m., local time in Kourou, French Guiana
From 5:59 p.m. to 6:48 p.m. in Washington, D.C.
From 9:59 p.m. to 10:48 p.m. UTC, on April 9.
From 11:59 p.m. to 12:48 a.m. in Paris, on April 9/10.

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