WildBlue-1 satellite is ready for its December 8 launch on Ariane 5
The integration process has been completed for WildBlue Communications’ WildBlue-1 as the upper passenger on Arianespace’s fifth and final Ariane 5 launch of 2006.
This year-ending flight — scheduled for December 8 — will carry WildBlue-1 and SES AMERICOM’s AMC-18 spacecraft.
See their photo report from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, which details WildBlue-1’s integration procedure in the Ariane 5 Final Assembly Building. The report is posted as the November 28 Mission Update on Arianespace’s Website: