Press Release

Press Release

Arianespace Flight Skynet 5C – Turksat 3A: Liftoff rescheduled for the night of May 30, 2008

Evry, May 14, 2008

In order to perform complementary checks on the Ariane 5 launch vehicle, Arianespace has rescheduled the launch of Skynet 5C and Turksat 3A from the original May 23 target date.

Liftoff of the Ariane 5 launcher is now set for the night of Friday, May 30, as early as possible in the following launch window:

Launch Window

Kourou, French
Guiana

Washington, D.C.,
USA

UTC

Paris, France

Ankara, Turkey

From 6:52 p.m.
to 7:35 p.m.
on May 30, 2008

From 5:52 p.m.
to 6:35 p.m.
on May 30, 2008

From 9:52 p.m.
to 10:35 p.m.
on May 30, 2008

From 11:52 p.m.
to 00:35 a.m.
on May 30/31, 2008

From 00:52 a.m.
to 01:35 a.m.
on May 31, 2008

 

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