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Arianespace Launch VA207; Ariane 5 ECA – EchoStar XVII - MSG-3: Liftoff rescheduled for the night of Thursday 5 to Friday 6 July 2012

In order to allow one of its customers to perform complementary checks on its payload, Arianespace has rescheduled the launch of EchoStar XVII and MSG-3.

Liftoff of the Ariane 5 ECA launcher is now set for the night of Thursday 5 July, as early as possible in the following launch window:

From 06:36 p.m. to 07:05 p.m. in Kourou, on Thursday 5 July,
From 05:36 p.m. to 06:05 p.m. in Washington DC, on Thursday 5 July,
From 09:36 p.m. to 10:05 p.m. UTC, on Thursday 5 July,
From 11:36 p.m. to 12:05 a.m. in Paris and Darmstadt, on the night of Thursday 5 to Friday 6 July.