19 Dec
2012
19 Dec
'12
9:05 p.m.
Spaceflightnow.com says they will have live streaming coverage of the Ariane 5 launch of Skynet 5D and Mexsat Bicentenario communications satellites. The web page reports the weather outlook seems promising for an on-time launch at 2149 GMT (4:49 p.m. EST). The launch window extends for 79 minutes to 2308 GMT (6:08 p.m. EST).
Right now its text updates; the web page says they will begin streaming video closer to launch time: http://spaceflightnow.com/ariane/va211/status.html
-- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm@amsat.org