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From: neil@yc.estec.nl (Neil Dixon)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: First start of ARIANE 4
Message-ID: <954@esatst.yc.estec.nl>
Date: 9 Jun 88 13:02:07 GMT
Reply-To: neil@esatst.UUCP (Neil Dixon)
Organization: ESTEC/YCV, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
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The first launch of ESA'a ARIANE 4 is now scheduled for 15 June. The launch
windows are:

	11:13 - 12:09 GMT
	13:32 - 14:46 GMT

For this first flight three payloads are carried:  ESA's meteorological
satellite METEOSAT P2, the radio amateur satellite AMSAT 111C, and the US
built satellite Pan American Satellite 1 (PAS 1).

The ARIANE 4 family will consist of 6 different types of launchers with
payload capacity ranging from 1.9 tons to 4.2 tons.
-- 
Neil Dixon  UUCP:...!mcvax!esatst!neil, BITNET: NDIXON@ESTEC
Thermal Control & Life Support Division (YC) 
European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC),
Noordwijk, The Netherlands.