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Weather conditions are cloudy and rainy for tonight's launch.

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Both the Ariane 5 and its two satellite payloads SES ASTRA's ASTRA 1L and Intelsat's Galaxy 17 were placed in a safe standby mode, and are now ready for a resumption of the launch countdown.
The  Ariane 5 is being refuelled with liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen  for today's planned 22:29 GMT launch.

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Weather conditions delay the Ariane 5's launch for 24 hours.
New launch window:

GMT: Between 10:29 pm and 11:13 pm on 4 May, 2007.
PARIS: Between 12:29am and 01:13am on 5 May, 2007.
WASHINGTON: Between 06:29pm and 07:13pm on 4 May, 2007.
KOUROU: Between 07:29pm and 08:13pm on 4 May, 2007.

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The scheduled launch of an Ariane-5 rocket to put two large broadcasting satellites into orbit was delayed for at least 24 hours Thursday because of strong high-altitude winds.

"The results of our weather probe prohibited us from trying to launch tonight and we will try to launch tomorrow" - Jean-Yves Le Gall, Arianespace president.

The rocket was originally set to be launched from Europe's space base in Kourou on the northeast coast of South America at 22:29 GMT.
The Ariane-5 ECA rocket is set to lift the 4.5-ton Astra 1L, providing high-definition TV over Europe for the Luxembourg-based firm SES Astra, and the 4.1-ton Galaxy 17, which will provide TV and communications over North America for Intelsat.
The launch will be Ariane's 176th and the 32nd involving an Ariane 5.

Source: Xinhua

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Launch scrubbed for today

Launched rescheduled for tomorrow

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Weather is still red.
30 minutes left of the launch window.

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T minus-7 minutes and holding.

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Weather conditions are currently  "no go".

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