{"id":224684,"date":"2008-12-18T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-12-18T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-19T00:00:00","slug":"ariane-5-is-on-the-launch-pad-for-its-december-20-liftoff-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=224684","title":{"rendered":"ARIANE 5 IS ON THE LAUNCH PAD FOR ITS DECEMBER 20 LIFTOFF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arianespace today rolled out the Ariane 5 for its sixth mission of 2008, clearing the way for a final countdown to liftoff with Eutelsat&#8217;s HOT BIRD\u2122 9 and W2M satellites. The heavy-lift ECA emerged from its Final Assembly Building at 11:00 a.m., and arrived at the ELA-3 launch area 1 hr. 15 min. later, where it was secured in place.<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Arianespace?a=J1zAAYsPQ7o:EXwgqc8Ht14:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Arianespace?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Arianespace?a=J1zAAYsPQ7o:EXwgqc8Ht14:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Arianespace?i=J1zAAYsPQ7o:EXwgqc8Ht14:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Arianespace?a=J1zAAYsPQ7o:EXwgqc8Ht14:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Arianespace?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Arianespace?a=J1zAAYsPQ7o:EXwgqc8Ht14:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Arianespace?i=J1zAAYsPQ7o:EXwgqc8Ht14:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Arianespace?a=J1zAAYsPQ7o:EXwgqc8Ht14:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Arianespace?i=J1zAAYsPQ7o:EXwgqc8Ht14:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Arianespace\/~4\/J1zAAYsPQ7o\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arianespace today rolled out the Ariane 5 for its sixth mission of 2008, clearing the way for a final countdown to liftoff with Eutelsat&#8217;s HOT BIRD\u2122 9 and W2M satellites. 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