Oct. 29 Ariane 5 - NSS 12 & Thor 6

[Zipi]

Oct. 29 Ariane 5 - NSS 12 & Thor 6
Launch window: 20:00-21:40 GMT (4:00 p.m.-5:40 p.m. EDT)
Launch site: ELA-3, Kourou, French Guiana

Arianespace Flight 192 will use an Ariane 5 rocket with an ECA upper stage to launch the NSS 12 and Thor 6 communications satellites. NSS 12 will be operated by SES World Skies of the Netherlands to cover parts of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia. Thor 6 will provide direct-to-home communications services for Telenor Satellite Broadcasting of Norway.

Live stream starts about 20min before the launch and it can be watched here: http://www.videocorner.tv/

 

[Zipi]

Tomorrow we can watch Ariane 5 launch from Kourou.

 

[cookie_thief]

Thanks for the update!

 

[Zipi]

3 hours to the launch time...

 

[EasyLift]

What a great rocket. If the weather is OK, it's a done deal.

 

[Zipi]

Here is direct stream link for media player: http://hwcdn.net/q9w9t4k6/wls/28000-AE_VA_IP203.asx

You probably have to copy & paste it to your media player to make it work. The stream is the same as www.videocorner.tv

 

[MeteorWayne]

10 seconds...

 

[Zipi]

Successful launch, but not very visually amusing this time. However here is the Youtube video:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ackT8RZ8k80[/youtube]