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Ariane 5 ECA (DIRECTV 9S, OPTUS D1 & LDREX2) - Transfert lanceur du BAF en ZL3 le 12-10-2006
Ariane 5 carrying the DIRECTV 9S television broadcast satellite, the Optus D1 telecommunications spacecraft and the Japanese LDREX-2 auxiliary payload on its way from the Final Assenbly Building (Bâtiment d'Assemblage Final - BAF), at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, to launch zone ZL3 on 12 October 2006.