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December 18, 2009
Arianespace marks its 35th consecutive mission success with Ariane 5, lofting the French military reconnaissance satellite Helios 2B into Sun-synchronous polar orbit on the vehicle’s seventh launch of 2009.
November 23, 2009
Arianespace marks a historic milestone with the arrival of its first two Soyuz launchers in French Guiana. This venerable medium-lift vehicle will enter service next year from the Spaceport, joining the heavy-lift Ariane 5 and subsequently the lightweight Vega.
November 7, 2009
Arianespace is one step closer to the next major expansion of its growing commercial launcher family as the first two Soyuz vehicles to be operated from the Spaceport in French Guiana depart Russia for the transatlantic voyage to South America. These vehicles are carried aboard the MN Colibri transport ship, which is to make the 5,119-nautical mile ocean crossing in two weeks.

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Launch date:	March 24, 2010	Launch date:	December 18, 2009
Launcher version:	Ariane 5 ECA	Launcher version:	Ariane 5 GS
Payload(s):	ASTRA 3B & COMSATBw-2	Payload(s):	Helios 2B
Customer(s):	For ASTRA 3B: SES ASTRA For COMSATBw-2: Astrium GmbH for Bundeswehr	Customer(s):	CNES French space agency for France’s DGA defense procurement organization
Mission:	ASTRA 3B: Telecommunications COMSATBw-2: Secure military communications	Mission:	Military reconnaissance
Payload prime contractor(s):	For ASTRA 3B: Astrium For COMSATBw-2: Thales Alenia Space	Payload prime contractor(s):	EADS Astrium
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Arianespace Launch Review (2004-2009)

Date	Launcher	Payload(s)
December 18, 2009	Ariane 5 GS	Helios 2B
October 29, 2009	Ariane 5 ECA	NSS-12 and THOR 6
October 1, 2009	Ariane 5 ECA	Amazonas 2 & COMSATBw-1
August 21, 2009	Ariane 5 ECA	JCSAT-12 & Optus D3
July 1, 2009	Ariane 5 ECA	TerreStar-1
May 14, 2009	Ariane 5 ECA	Herschel & Planck
February 12, 2009	Ariane 5 ECA	HOT BIRD™ 10, NSS-9 & 2 Spirale auxiliary passengers
December 20, 2008	Ariane 5 ECA	HOT BIRD™ 9 and W2M
August 14, 2008	Ariane 5 ECA	Superbird-7 & AMC-21
July 7, 2008	Ariane 5 ECA	ProtoStar I & BADR-6
June 12, 2008	Ariane 5 ECA	Skynet 5C & Turksat 3A
April 18, 2008	Ariane 5 ECA	Star One C2 & VINASAT-1
March 9, 2008	Ariane 5 ES	Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV)
December 21, 2007	Ariane 5 GS	Horizons-2 and RASCOM-QAF1
November 14, 2007	Ariane 5 ECA	Star One C1 and Skynet 5B
October 5, 2007	Ariane 5 GS	Intelsat 11 and Optus D2
August 14, 2007	Ariane 5 ECA	SPACEWAY 3 and BSAT-3a
May 4, 2007	Ariane 5 ECA	ASTRA 1L and Galaxy 17
March 11, 2007	Ariane 5 ECA	Skynet 5A and INSAT 4B
December 27, 2006	Soyuz (Starsem)	COROT
December 8, 2006	Ariane 5 ECA	AMC-18 and WildBlue-1
October 13, 2006	Ariane 5 ECA	DIRECTV 9S, Optus D1 and LDREX-2
August 11, 2006	Ariane 5 ECA	JCSAT-10 & Syracuse 3B
May 27, 2006	Ariane 5 ECA	Satmex 6 & Thaicom 5
March 11, 2006	Ariane 5 ECA	HOT BIRD 7A & SPAINSAT
December 21, 2005	Ariane 5 G	INSAT 4A & MSG-2
November 16, 2005	Ariane 5 ECA	Spaceway 2 & Telkom 2
October 13, 2005	Ariane 5 G	Syracuse 3A & Galaxy 15
August 14, 2005	Soyuz/Fregat	Galaxy 14
August 11, 2005	Ariane 5 G	THAICOM 4 (IPSTAR)
February 12, 2005	Ariane 5 ECA	XTAR-EUR and test payload
December 18, 2004	Ariane 5 G	Helios IIA and six supplemental payloads
July 17, 2004	Ariane 5 G	Anik F2
March 2, 2004	Ariane 5 G	Rosetta

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