ARIANE 5 ROLLS OUT TO THE LAUNCH ZONE WITH ITS MULTI-SATELLITE PAYLOAD

Ariane 5 is ready for its sixth mission of 2009 following today’s rollout to the ELA-3 launch facility from the Final Assembly Building at Europe’s Spaceport. This October 29 flight will orbit SES WORLD SKIES’ NSS-12 and THOR 6 for Telenor Satellite Broadcasting AS, with liftoff scheduled during a 1 hr., 40 min. launch window that opens at 5:00 p.m., local time in French Guiana.