Arianespace sets the date for its next heavy-lift mission

An Ariane 5 ECA will orbit the ARABSAT 5A and COMS spacecraft during a flight now scheduled for June 23. This second mission of 2010 will take place from the Spaceport in French Guiana, and follows the heavy-lift vehicle’s May 21 success with ASTRA 3B and COMSATBw-2.