Status Report

Arianespace Flight 162: Liftoff is Planned for Saturday, September 27

By SpaceRef Editor
September 19, 2003
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Arianespace has resumed operations in Kourou for Flight 162 following the completion of additional verifications that were requested by one of the mission’s customers on its satellite payload.

Liftoff of the Flight 162 launcher is planned during the night of September 27-28, 2003 at the opening of the following launch window:

From:

  • 8:02 p.m. to 8:21 p.m. on Saturday, September 27, local time in Kourou, French Guiana
  • 11:02 p.m. to 11:21 p.m. GMT on September 27,
  • 1:02 a.m. to 1:21 a.m. on Sunday, September 28, in Paris, France,
  • 7:02 p.m. to 7:21 p.m. on September 27, in Washington, D.C.

    About Arianespace

    Arianespace is the commercial launch services leader, holding more than 50 percent of the international market for satellites launched to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). Created in 1980 as the world’s first commercial space transportation company, Arianespace has signed contracts for the launch of more than 250 satellite payloads. For further information, see the Arianespace Web site at www.arianespace.com.

  • SpaceRef staff editor.