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Mission Update

Liftoff of Ariane 5 with Helios 2B

December 18, 2009

Arianespace’s year-ending mission of 2009 is now underway following liftoff of an Ariane 5 GS from Europe’s Spaceport carrying the Helios 2B military observation platform.

Payload lift performance for today's launch is approximately 4,200 kg., with the spacecraft to be injected into a Sun-synchronous polar orbit at the conclusion of a 59 min., 23 sec. mission.

• See the official Arianespace launch kit for further information on this mission.
• Watch the Ariane 5 launch live with Arianespace’s webcast.