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AMAZONAS-2 & COMSATBw-1
The launch readiness review (RAL) took place in Kourou on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 and authorised count-down operations for the AMAZONAS-2 & COMSATBw-1 launch.
For its fifth launch of the year, Arianespace will orbit two communications satellites: AMAZONAS-2 for the Spanish operator Hispasat, and COMSATBw-1 for Astrium as part of a contract with the German Ministry of Defence.
It will be launched from the Ariane launch complex N° 3 (ELA3), in Kourou, French Guiana.

The Ariane 5 ECA launcher lift-off for this flight is scheduled on September 30 - October 1, 2009 as soon as possible within the following launch window:

Universal time (GMT)

Paris, France

Kourou, French Guiana

Washington, D.C., USA

Tokyo, Japan

Between 09:59 p.m.
and 11:10 p.m.
on October 1, 2009

Between 11:59 p.m.
and 01:10 a.m.
on October 1/2, 2009

Between 06:59 p.m.
and 08:10 p.m.
on October 1, 2009

Between 05:59 p.m.
and 07:10 p.m.
on October 1, 2009

Between 06:59 a.m. and 08:10 a.m.
on October 2, 2009


Source ARIANESPACE Press Release

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An Arianespace (Flight 191) Ariane 5 rocket with an ECA upper stage is scheduled to launch the Amazonas-2 and COMSATBw-1 (GMS) communications satellites from the Kourou launch centre, French Guiana,  at 21:59 GMT, 1st October, 2009.
The launch window extends from 21:59 to 23:10 GMT.

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Amazonas 2 arrives in French Guiana
Hispasats giant Amazonas 2 craft was airlifted to French Guiana last week, ready for its final preparation ahead of launch later in September.

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Arianespace to launch Amazonas-2 for Hispasat
Spanish operator Hispasat has chosen Arianespace to launch its new communications satellite, Amazonas-2.
Petra Mateos, Chairman and CEO of Hispasat, and Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, signed today the launch Service & Solutions contract for the Amazonas-2 satellite.
The launch contract for Amazonas-2 is the 13th contract signed by Arianespace in 2007.
The satellite will be launched by an Ariane 5 during the summer of 2009 from the Guiana Space Centre, Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
Astrium will construct the Amazonas-2 satellite using a Eurostar E3000 platform. It will weigh about 5,400 kg at launch. Fitted with 54 Ku-band transponders and 10 C-band transponders, Amazonas-2 will provide a wide range of communications services for Brazil, as well as North and South America in general. It has a design life of 15 years and will be positioned in geostationary orbit at 61 degrees West.
Amazonas-2 will be the fifth Spanish satellite launched by Arianespace. The European launcher had already orbited the Hispasat 1A and 1B satellites in 1992 and 1993 respectively. In 2005 and 2006, Arianespace has also launched XTAR-Eur and Spainsat.

"We are extremely proud and honoured to have been chosen once again by such a prestigious customer, Hispasat. Ariane's selection by a major European operator is both a mark of their full trust in our capabilities and clear recognition of the quality and excellence of Arianespace launch Service & Solutions" - Jean-Yves Le Gall, Arianespace Chairman and CEO.

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