Ariane 5 is ready to receive its Intelsat 17 and Hylas 1 payloads

The Ariane 5 for Arianespace’s fifth heavy-lift mission of 2010 has moved to the Final Assembly Building at the Spaceport in French Guiana, where it will be fitted with a dual-passenger payload of the Intelsat 17 and HYLAS 1 satellites.

Liftoff of this flight is set for November 25, and will be the 198th launch of an Ariane family launcher.