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Ariane and Atlas Launches
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From: Satellite Journal <71165.2032@compuserve.com>
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Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 08:57:41 -0500
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From owner-sat-na@tags1.dn.net Tue Nov 12 09: 20:21 1996
DALLAS, Texas, 96/11/12 (SJI Newswire) --A Lockheed Martin Atlas IIA
launch vehicle is scheduled to put HotBird 2 into orbit from Cape
Canaveral, Wednesday November 13th. The launch window runs from 3:44 p.m.
to 5:18 p.m. ET. Coverage of the AC-124 launch is scheduled to be on
Galaxy 9/22, beginning at 3:00 p.m. ET.
Arianespace is due to launch two satellites, Arabsat 2B and Measat 2, from
Kourou, French Guiana aboard an Ariane 44LP launcher, also on Wednesday,
November 13th. The launch window runs from 5:40 p.m. to 6:26 p.m. ET.
Coverage of the launch is scheduled to be on Galaxy 6/02, beginning at 5:10
p.m. [Previous information provided by Arianespace had indicated a launch
window of 6:40 p.m. to 7:26 p.m. ET.]
by Curt Swinehart
(c) Satellite Journal Itl. 1996
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