Arianespace sets December 28 for its year-ending Ariane 5 flight

Liftoff of the sixth Ariane 5 in 2010 – which will carry the HISPASAT 1E and KOREASAT 6 telecommunications satellite payloads – is now planned for the evening of December 28 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.

This mission will be the 199th flight of an Ariane family launch vehicle, and the 55th for an Ariane 5.