ARIANE 5 ROLLS OUT TO THE LAUNCH ZONE WITH HELIOS 2B

Ariane 5 is ready for its seventh flight of 2009 following today’s rollout to the ELA-3 launch facility from the Final Assembly Building at Europe’s Spaceport. Liftoff of the Ariane 5 GS is set for 1:26 p.m., with the French Helios 2B being injected into a Sun-synchronous polar orbit during a mission lasting 59 min., 23 sec.