Arianespace inks contract to launch European milsat in 2004

Arianespace has signed a contract with the director general of CNES, the French space agency, to launch the Helios IIA defense observation satellite in 2004, the company announced July 25. An Ariane 5 will launch the 4,200-kilogram (9,300-pound) satellite into a sun-synchronous polar orbit in the...

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