Ariane 5 Orbits Helios 2B
IN ORBIT: An Ariane 5 lifted off with the Helios 2B military reconnaissance satellite Dec. 18 and placed the spacecraft in its sun-synchronous polar orbit almost an hour later. Liftoff of the big European launch vehicle — twice delayed by technical glitches — came at 11:26 a.m. EST in an...
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