Vive la France! A launch for the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) and for India!

- A launch for the British MoD and for India -

For its first launch of the year Arianespace will boost two payloads into orbit: the Skynet 5A military communications satellite for the British Ministry of Defence through Astrium subsidiary Paradigm, and the Insat 4B civil communications satellite for ISRO, the Indian Space Research Organization.

Launch window:

GMT: Between 10:25pm and 10:58pm on March 10, 2007.
PARIS: Between 11:25pm and 11:58pm on March 10, 2007.
BANGALORE: Between 03:55am and 04:28am on March 11, 2007.
WASHINGTON: Between 05:25pm and 05:58pm on March 10, 2007.
KOUROU: Between 07:25pm and 07:58pm on March 10, 2007.

Follow the launch live on the internet: http://www.videocorner.tv/index.php?langue=en
(Starting 20 minutes before lift-off).

Live video streaming will be available in RealMedia and WindowsMedia formats.

- Un lancement pour la defense britannique et pour l’Inde -

Pour son 1er lancement de l’annee, Arianespace mettra en orbite deux charges utiles: le satellite de telecommunications militaires SKYNET 5A pour Astrium et sa filiale Paradigm pour le compte du Ministere britannique de la D?fense et le satellite de t?l?communications civiles INSAT 4B pour l’agence spatiale indienne, l’ISRO.

Fenetre de lancement :

GMT : Entre 22h25 et 22h58, le 10 mars 2007.
PARIS : Entre 23h25 et 23h58, le 10 mars 2007.
BANGALORE : Entre 03h55 et 04h28, le 11 mars 2007.
WASHINGTON : Entre 17h25 et 17h58, le 10 mars 2007.
KOUROU : Entre 19h25 et 19h58, le 10 mars 2007.

Suivez le lancement en direct sur Internet : http://www.videocorner.tv/index.php?langue=fr
(Diffusion ? partir de H-20 mn).

Des flux video en directs aux formats RealMedia et WindowsMedia seront disponibles.