Ariane 5 – First launch of 2009



 
Lift-off of flight V187, carrying Hot Bird™ 10, NSS-9 and two Spirale microsatellites, at 23:09 CET/Paris on 12 February (22:09 UTC/GMT; 19:09 UTC-3/Kourou).
 
The satellites were accurately injected into the correct orbits about 30 minutes later.

Flight timeline
 

 
Lift-off of flight V187, carrying Hot Bird™ 10, NSS-9 and two Spirale microsatellites, at 23:09 CET/Paris on 12 February (22:09 UTC/GMT; 19:09 UTC-3/Kourou).
 
The satellites were accurately injected into the correct orbits about 30 minutes later.



Release date: 13 February 2009