Ariane 5 rolls out to the launch zone with its dual-satellite payload

The heavy-lift Ariane 5 is ready for its second mission of 2010 following today’s rollout to the ELA-3 launch facility from the Final Assembly Building at Europe’s Spaceport. This June 23 flight will orbit the Arabsat-5A and COMS spacecraft, with liftoff scheduled during a launch window that opens at 6:41 p.m. local time in French Guiana.